Health in Calabria, the background of the new Commissioner Longo: from the confrontation with Lamorgese and Conte, to the history of his period as quaestor in Reggio

Coronavirus, the new Health Commissioner in Calabria Longo: “I’m not afraid”, “I’m like San Tommaso”, from “Monday in Catanzaro”

“I am not afraid, I have never had it in my life as a man of institutions and I have always gone where the state asked me to go. It will be the same this time “, says the new Health Commissioner for the Calabria Guido Longo at the Corriere della Sera. “My wife is used to it, she is a police officer, today she is stationed in Catania, which is my city, but in the past she has often followed me on my missions. I mean, she agrees too if that’s what you want to know. Now we will try to organize ourselves, however the two of us have always gone where the state wanted “, adds in response to a question about the complaint of the former rector of Sapienza. “In Calabria there is the ‘Ndrangheta. But there are also many, many good, honest Calabrians who work and want to work. Together with them, I am convinced that we can try to reactivate regional health care, I will certainly do my part, each one will have to do their own thing “, he adds, speaking of the health situation in Calabria. Longo wants “Touch with the hand” because it defines itself “Worse than Saint Thomas”.

On the Repubblica Longo he adds: “On Monday I will be in Catanzaro. I want to see with my own eyes and understand how things are before doing any kind of evaluation “. And he says: “After receiving the proposal of the Minister of the Interior (Luciana Lamorgese, ed) in agreement with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, I accepted immediately”, “I have always been sent to work in very difficult situations and to face difficult challenges. I thank the government for the trust and I hope I can return it. The most important thing is to allow everyone in Calabria to have medical attention “. The new commissioner remembers that he knows “The territory in its complexity, I was able to read its dynamics and work on it even in delicate moments. We must always confront ourselves, understand their needs and urgencies. Otherwise, any action becomes ineffective. In Reggio Calabria I was commissioned in the dark period of the dissolution of the municipality due to the infiltration of the mafia. This new position does not catch me off guard “.