"Dr. Augusto Ogana has officially resumed his work in the Pediatric Diabetology clinic at San Martino Hospital," a pleased Benedetto Mameli, regional president of Aniad, announced.

The service was interrupted in December when the specialist's contract expired. At that point, a nightmare began for 140 families: "The start-up and renewal of insulin pumps, advanced, life-saving technology used by nearly 80% of children, was blocked. Check-ups, essential for monitoring, were also stopped," she adds. "Furthermore, the pediatric-to-adult transition clinic was closed."
"As Aniad, we express great satisfaction with the reactivation of the service," noted President Mameli . "We would like to thank Grazia Cattina, General Director of ASL 5, for her interest and for following up on our formal and repeated requests, breaking a deadlock that deeply concerned us. And we also thank the political parties who heeded our appeal."

The association, however, emphasizes that the time it took to reach a solution was too long. "The real obstacle was the slow and complex bureaucratic process ," adds the president. "A nearly three-month wait for the resumption of such a delicate and highly specialized clinical service is an excessive amount of time. This delay has caused inevitable and understandable exasperation among parents, left with uncertainty about the daily management of a complex disease that cannot be rescinded."

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