Because hospitals are at risk of fire. Fiaso Report
The alarm from Fiaso , the federation of healthcare and hospital companies, on the costs and times of the fire prevention systems required by law. All the details
Italian hospitals are at risk of fire. This is the alarm that comes from FIASO , the Federation of Italian healthcare and hospital companies which, in a press release , explained that no less than 7 billion euros are needed to make hospitals fire safe. The association has launched a survey among its members to verify the state of application and the financial needs for the application of the fire prevention regulations.
WHAT IS FIASO AND WHAT DOES IT DEAL WITH
FIASO is the Federation of Italian healthcare and hospital companies and includes public and private structures. Among its members there are more than 75% of healthcare companies distributed throughout the national territory. LA FIASO, thanks to its widespread distribution throughout the national territory, promotes study activities that involve the strategic managements of its associates, the heads of technical and medical departments, and external research centres. The purpose of the studies is to analyze critical issues and put forward proposals and solutions through a research and comparison methodology.
WHAT THE FIRE-FIGHTING REGULATIONS SAY
The 2015 fire prevention regulation set a one-year deadline for the submission of project plans that provide for the conformity of electrical systems and safety management systems of all the buildings of healthcare companies and hospitals. According to the FIASO survey, 70% of healthcare companies have formalised, as expected, the plan with the adaptation project and the related economic framework by 2016.
THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC HAS SLOWED ADAPTATION TO FIRE-FIGHTING REGULATIONS
However, the storm of the Covid 19 pandemic which overwhelmed Italian healthcare companies in 2020 extended the implementation times of the regulatory provisions, imposing a series of extensions to the deadlines and moving the deadline for adjustments to 2028.
FINANCIAL COVERAGE OF FIRE-FIGHTING PLANS
The problem, however, would not be respecting the deadlines but finding the economic resources. “The real issue, however, is access to resources – explains Fiaso president Giovanni Migliore -. 90% of the plans presented still lack the necessary financial coverage to complete the safety of healthcare facilities and some economic frameworks will certainly require an adjustment to the prices foreseen years ago".
HOSPITALS NEED 7 BILLION TO ADAPT TO FIRE-FIGHTING REGULATIONS
Fiaso has calculated, on the basis of existing plans, that the average request for completing the safety measures of a hospital is around 36 million while at least 6 million are needed for a local complex. Fiaso has calculated that overall all the structures of the national health companies, the required financial endowment would be around seven billion. According to the survey carried out by the Social Affairs and Health Commission of the Senate, the resources already allocated and not used for building renovation and the modernization of public health assets would be around 10.5 billion. “We reiterate our support for the formulation of a new extraordinary and urgent plan for the safety of public healthcare assets – concludes President Fiaso, Gioavvni Migliore -. However, it is essential to simplify the rules for accessing these funds and formulate a new calendar for compliance with fire regulations with certain times and resources. We are as healthcare companies ready to do our part."
WHO ARE THE LEADERS OF FIASO
The organizational structure of FIASO includes a president, numerous vice-presidents and a coordinator for each region. The president of FIASO is Giovanni Migliore , member of the board of directors of the Association of Italian Pediatric Hospitals and general director of AOU Consorziale Policlinico di Bari – Giovanni XXIII Hospital. The vice-presidents are: Alessandro Caltagirone , Extraordinary Commissioner of ASP Caltanissetta, Eva Colombo , General Director of ASL VC, Antonio d'Amore , General Director of AO Cardarelli Hospital, Antonio D'Urso , General Director of USL Tuscany South East Company, Cristina Marchesi , General Director of AUSL Reggio Emilia, Carlo Nicora , General Director of the IRCCS National Cancer Institute Foundation and Paolo Petralia , General Director of ASL 4 Liguria. Furthermore, the structure also has a director, prof. Nicola Pinelli, in FIASO since 2001, has been scientific manager of the Federation's research projects, is a teacher in training courses aimed at healthcare managers at the University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', the Bocconi University of Milan and the University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma and from 2005 onwards, he held the role of operational coordinator, among others, the 'National e-learning experimentation project in healthcare companies', promoted by FIASO together with the Ministry of Health.
THE HEALTH COMPANIES THAT ARE PART OF FIASO
Among the healthcare companies that are part of FIASO we remember AUSL Bologna, AUSL IRCCS Reggio Emilia, IRCCS Istituti Orthopedici Rizzoli, ASST Gaetano Pini Orthopedic Traumatological Specialist Centre, ASST Spedali civili di Brescia, the IRCCS National Cancer Institute Foundation, the IRCCS Foundation Carlo Besta Neurological Institute, AO Cosenza 'Annunziata-Mariano Santo-S.Barbara Hospital, AOU Renato Dulbecco, the local health authorities of Foggia, Bari, Brindisi, Lecce, Taranto and Bat but also the Gabriele Monasterio Toscana Foundation for medical research and of public health and the ISPRO (Institute for the study, prevention and oncology network), INMP – National Institute for the promotion of the health of migrant populations and the fight against diseases of poverty and the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/sanita/perche-gli-ospedali-sono-a-rischio-incendio-report-fiaso/ on Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:59:42 +0000.