There Hall of the Council of the Province of Campobasso welcomed the Press conference, convened by the president of the Conference of Mayors of ASREM, Daniel Saia, Of event Presentation, who will see Tuesday April 18, 2023, the first citizens of the Municipalities of Molise make their voices heard in front of the Ministry of Health, in Rome.
present the President of the Province of Campobasso and Mayor of Termoli, Francesco Roberti, along with other first citizens Daniele Saia (Agnone), Roberto Gravina (Campobasso) and Piero Castrataro (Isernia). The President of the Province of Isernia and mayor of Venafro, Alfredo Ricci, and the mayor of Larino, Pino Puchetti, were to participate, absent only for other institutional commitments.
“I think there will be many tricolor bands from the Municipalities of Molise present in Rome – He said President of the Province of Campobasso, Francesco Roberti – We will go to Rome because we want to know, through the delegation that will dialogue with Minister Orazio Schillaci, what are the solutions for health in Molise. We have a great responsibility, which is to provide answers to citizens, who are visibly concerned about health care. And it is not a public or private health problem, it is a situation in which citizens want to see their constitutionally protected right to health recognized. Molise has been at the police station for too long and this situation is a limit for the citizens of Molise. It is necessary to find a solution. We are well aware that there are bureaucratic times, but if we ever seriously think about our region, we will never get to the resolution of our secular problems.”
“I want to draw your attention to one aspect: we are at the gates of summer and, shortly, the Termoli and Isernia hospitals will be even more in crisis, due to some retirements. – highlighted roberti – In addition, in a few weeks, with the arrival of summer, lower Molise will see the number of people present in the area increase exponentially, with a new increase in work for San Timoteo toilets. The ASREM Conference of Mayors will therefore put on the table various aspects of Molise’s health problems and the hope is that the Government can give us concrete answers, also in view of the fact that the last governments have not given adequate attention to our region.”
“An event that is born, and never as at this moment it is convenient to remember it, – He said Mayor of Campobasso, Roberto Gravina, during his speech – thanks to a transversal political movement represented by all the mayors of Molise mobilized to defend and represent their communities.
While aware that precise administrative times are required, – stressed Gravina – with the sit-in on April 18 in Rome, however, we want to forcefully call the national government’s attention to the problems of our regional health system that must be addressed in an urgent manner, taking into account that our territory and its inhabitants are They have made, on the part of the government representatives chosen by the Molises themselves, precise commitments, such as the reduction to zero of the regional health debt.
The citizens of Molise, as it should be, are fundamentally interested in being able to be treated within their own region. Just as Italy is unique as a nation – stressed Gravina – equally unique is the constitutional right to health that must be guaranteed to the citizens of Molise, in a region with a significant financial deficit, where cuts in health services in recent years have only produced dramatic consequences” .
He Committee of Mayors will meet in Rome, nearly Headquarters of the Ministry of Health, Lungotevere Ripa, 1, Tuesday 18 April, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
At the end of the sit-in, a delegation, most likely made up of the Table of the Conference of Mayors, will approach the Minister to deliver a document previously shared and agreed with all the Mayors of Molise.
