Will Zaia perform anti Covid miracles?
Stefano Biasioli's speech
We are no more bad than usual, but this time we cannot be silent.
Last Tuesday (in the usual press conference in Marghera) Luca Zaia gave, all triumphant, two announcements.
The first concerned the sharp decline in the COVID-OMICRON pandemic in Veneto, attributed by Zaia to the high number of Venetian vaccinates (89% in the adult range) and, not – for example – also to high temperatures (compared to the seasonal average). No comments on the trend of the infectious curve in other European countries, even in those without the green-pass obligation …
Trivia.
The second, much more striking. THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT “THE VENETO WILL RECOVER IN A SHORT TIME the 280,000 outpatient hospital services postponed due to the pandemic” (!!!).
Cheering reporters, but perplexed TV listeners. Among them, even US, who have been working in healthcare for a lifetime and who are well aware of the damage that the pandemic has done to NON-COVID patients in the last 2 years. We know the "irritations" (but we should use a more crude term) of patients, with visits and day-hospital activities postponed for months …
Since Zaia's statements were followed by A WRITTEN TEXT (Note n ° 55826/2020, date 8/2/22), signed by Dr. Luciano Flor (Director of Health and Social Area of the Veneto Region) – on headed paper of the Regional Council – which, in an unclear way, reaffirms the reopening of outpatient and day hospital activities (albeit with limitations related to the non-use of resuscitation for the same) …
WE ARE FORCED TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS to the Governor and Councilor LANZARIN… ..
1) How can such promises be made, when the HEAVY COMPLAINTS of the MAIN UNION OF HOSPITAL DOCTORS (ANAAO and CIMO) came a few days ago, who have – once again – remarked on the UNSUSTAINABLE RHYTHMS of WORK IN THE HOSPITAL, due to both COVID that in the CHRONICLE LACK OF VENETI HOSPITAL DOCTORS?
2) How can promises of this kind be made, in the face of the recent protests of the Venetian nurses, for the same reasons?
3) How can you make promises of this fact, when the HOSPITAL DOCTORS ON SERVICE have been forced for 2 years to a PLUS-SCHEDULE (never paid adequately) and HEAVY DELAYS in the use of the HOLIDAYS?
4) FINALLY, WHO WILL AGREE TO VOLUNTARILY FURTHER INCREASE THEIR WORK LOADS, in the absence of written rules – AGREED WITH THE HOSPITAL MEDICAL OOSS – which provide insurance guarantees (greater risks generated by plus-work) and a clear economic integration, with regional funds?
Why did ZAIA, before making promises as a sailor, NOT OPEN A TABLE WITH THE UNION OF HOSPITAL DOCTORS TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE CHRONIC PROBLEM OF WAITING LISTS, which exploded in times of Covid?
No, dear Zaia, to obtain a result in this field, it is not enough to tell the "subordinate regional managers" to send a letter to all the general directors of the Venetian ASL !!!
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/zaia-fara-i-miracoli-anti-covid/ on Sat, 12 Feb 2022 07:00:44 +0000.