“If you can be in hospital soon, professor, you can get the Covid vaccine. There is a vial left over and we don’t want to throw it away. ‘ The phone call comes to the surgeon Mauro Salizzoni a few days ago. A declined invitation. “I am now retired – he explains -, I remain a freelancer, true, but it was not yet my turn to vaccinate. And, now that I am also vice president of the regional council, it would not have been appropriate ». An emblematic story, but not the only one. Even in Cirié, the nurses had to contact colleagues for a vaccine at the last minute, because some reservations did not show up. “Everyone – says Salizzoni – knows how precious syringes are, but certainly some, a few dozen at the most, will have been lost”. A topic posed yesterday by the councilor for health, Luigi Icardi. Who, amazed, promised to talk about it to the managers of Asl and hospitals. Some already have a daily list of vaccine reservations. Perhaps, however, it should be a little bigger given the clinical commitments of doctors and nurses. But this is not the only open question.
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According to the union of hospital doctors Anaao Assomed, in Piedmont there could be almost 40,000 coronavirus positives never intercepted. The result comes from an analysis of the epidemic in Italy. If in the rest of the country, the number of currently positive for the virus has remained just under six hundred thousand, slightly down from the peak of mid-November, in our region it is drastically lower: we have gone from just under 80 thousand positives to 15 about thousand. Decrease, however, not followed by a decline in hospitalizations. Result: today 19 percent of the infected in Piedmont are hospitalized. The highest figure in Italy. And the union concludes: “We may have lost almost 40 thousand asymptomatic or paucisymptomatic infected who have not been subjected to a tampon.” Indeed, the region’s hotspots are half empty. And the councilor for Covid Research, Matteo Marnati, adds: «The mathematical calculations are disconnected from the epidemiological trend. Today the Piedmontese with symptoms who turn to the doctor to ask for the swab are few and we don’t know what to do with it: our screening system is available ». Swabs and vaccines. These are always the topical issues, as well as the two parameters to control the epidemic, so much so that already this week, Councilor Icardi will insert their increase among the objectives of his managers to obtain part of the salary.
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As of yesterday, health authorities injected 81.3 percent of the vials received. Therefore, the goal set by the Region was centered one day in advance, even if some healthcare companies were still disconnected, as emerges from the data – but still on Monday – presented by Icardi. They are the ASL Asti, Biella, Cuneo 1, Vco, To5 and the City of Turin. And again, the Mauritian hospital. But the judgment on the executives will be expressed in the long term. Meanwhile, another 40,000 doses have arrived. The regional councilor of the Democratic Party, Daniele Valle, promises to continue to monitor. My colleague Domenico Rossi is worried about mass vaccination: “There are still many nodes, from the supply of vials to the staff.” Yesterday Federfarma pharmacists made themselves available to vaccinate under the supervision of a doctor. Yes also of family doctors. If Europe authorizes AstraZeneca’s vaccine, which is easier to store, at the end of the month, it could start as early as mid-February.
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January 12, 2021 | 21:24
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