Zaia revolution in Veneto: the swabs will be made by general practitioners
What has the president of the Veneto Region, Zaia, decided on tampons and general practitioners
THE WORDS OF ZAIA
"I tell citizens to lead a normal life but to restrict attendance – said the president of the Veneto Region, Luca Zaia (Lega) – Bring a mask, eye to hand hygiene and attention to gatherings, and even family infections are to keep under control. We know of repatriations then told to the epidemiology services, instead we only make the indispensable meetings. This morning we hospitalized a 36-year-old and a 44-year-old, we don't think this is the virus of the elderly. The infection today concerns the 40 to 55 age group ».
THE AGE'
At least 70% are under the age of 65, the groups least affected by infections are very high or very low age groups: compared to March, where the elderly group was predominant, the situation has changed.
TEST BY THE DOCTOR
Regional agreement signed and new Veneto ordinance signed yesterday evening: rapid tampons and prevention devices soon available to doctors who will have to carry out the testing phase for patients. The citizen will contact the general practitioner who will be able to swab. For doctors it is mandatory to do them, whoever refuses will be sanctioned.
THE ROLE OF GENERAL MEDICINE
General practitioners (general practitioners and pediatricians), Ulss companies apply the protocol signed on November 30, 2020. "The general practitioner tests patients – explained Zaia -. When the doctor decrees the quarantine this also applies to the INPS, we cut a step in the bureaucracy. Everything is done in the clinic. GPs must be acknowledged that they made a sacrifice ».
WHERE THE PAD IS MADE
The swab is done where possible at the clinic, if the doctor decides it can be done at the citizen's home and if the doctor has an unsuitable office, they can agree with the Municipalities or with the Health Districts to obtain a suitable space.
THE NEW RULES
GPs – explains Gazzettino – are asked to swab but also to carry out surveillance, identifying close contacts and detections. We plan to put everything up to speed on Tuesday 3 November. It is the Region that provides swabs to doctors free of charge, out of 20 thousand swabs a day, we have calculated. We keep the fast access points open, which we plan to use only for emergencies. The amount is 18 euros per swab in the clinic and 12 out of the clinic, plus we pay a contribution for nursing support.
FREE PAD
The patient will not have to pay anything to the doctor. The doctor himself decides who can do the swab, not the patient. Each pad corresponds to a name and surname.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/sanita/rivoluzione-di-zaia-in-veneto-i-tamponi-saranno-fatti-dai-medici-di-base/ on Sun, 01 Nov 2020 09:00:07 +0000.