Sweltering heat and air conditioning that hasn't worked for weeks. Reports are pouring in from the Cagliari Oncology Hospital of doctors feeling unwell and patients (cancer patients) forced to wait in long lines —on the third or fifth floors—gasping for breath. Often, they're there for chemotherapy.
Arnas promised immediate action. But the problem hasn't been resolved, despite a letter sent to company management signed by 18 medical directors.
Today, Businco workers' safety representatives sent a request for intervention to Spresal, the local health authority's health service that oversees workplace safety and prevention. The communication requests "an urgent inspection due to the serious problems that are occurring among users and workers due to the malfunctioning air conditioning system in Wings A and B, the main building, the Ticket Office, Medical Management, and Pathological Anatomy buildings of the Businco hospital."
The reports have multiplied, but so far the only result has been an apology from the health authority.
The emergency is becoming a source of union complaints, such as the one filed by FIALS provincial secretary Paolo Cugliara: "We cannot work or treat people in these conditions. Making the situation even more discouraging is the total lack of reliable interlocutors within management, an institutional silence that leaves staff and patients without answers," accuses the union representative, who summarizes the critical points of the emergency:
- Personnel Office (Brotzu): Workers left gasping for hours in unsanitary environments, ignoring basic workplace health rules.
- Second Floor (Businco): Extremely hot rooms in an oncology ward, where particularly fragile patients and healthcare workers face inhuman thermal discomfort.
Fials "says enough is enough and warns the company: the central air conditioning systems must be immediately restored, emergency portable installations must be installed, and at-risk patients must be moved. There's no more time for bureaucracy; answers are needed now or swift protective measures will be triggered."