Coronavirus, as a parliamentarian and citizen, I think we should end the massacre in Lombardy

The region, faced with the alarm that came from the territories, decided not to declare red area in Val Seriana, where the greatest number of cases was taking place, re-imposing responsibility on the central government, but without acting, even if it could. Were not provided individual protections to local doctors and other health personnel.

This has caused the contagion and death of numerous health professionals, and has made many doctors involuntary sources of propagation of the virus, especially in the early stages of the epidemic. Without quarantine for those who came into contact with the infected and without hyssop, as happened in Veneto. To these very serious errors is also added the abandonment of health personnel: swabs were not made for health workers.

Physician complaints also refer to the most serious error, namely the management of RSA, the health care residences, where the Region sent sick Covid elders, who infected other elderly people, causing a real hecatomb. More than 10% of the guests from the Bergamo-based Rsa died after this perverse election.

According to the president of Uneba, the trade association that groups about 400 retirement homes Lombardy, with the region’s resolution of March 8, Covid spread among the elderly. At least 300 guests since the start of the pandemic between Pio Albergo Trivulzio and the Don Gnocchi Institute have died at Covid-19. And unfortunately the budget is provisional.

If this is not enough to establish the inadequacy of Fontana in crisis management, we can add another equally serious element, namely, the announcement of the realization of 400 beds at the Milan Expo facilities. On March 11, Fontana informed us of the imminent construction of 400 sites in intensive care.

The hospital should have been ready in ten days, as this did not happen, the blame was attributed to civil protectionthen the super commissioner was called in to help Guido Bertolaso, who also became infected. On March 27, between announcements and walkways in the wards, there are no beds, but in the meantime, patients in Lombardy have increased dramatically. To date, € 26 million has been spent on the construction of 53 beds, but only eight patients have been accepted. The Medical Association correctly defined it: “Just a cathedral in the desert.”

As if that were not enough, Fontana also announced that it has activated the layoffs for Lombard workers “because the central government is taking a long time”, but according to reports to the ministry, the Lombardy Region has sent the necessary documentation for the transfer of funds from the State to the Region with 13 days late.

Last but not least The last change of Fontana in these hours is that he declares (following the advice of an expert in pirouettes, that is Salvini) that he wants loosen measurements to protect the expected population before May 3, always in contrast to government regulations. After making disasters, he now also wants to reopen without graduation, perhaps setting off another wave of return with new infections across the country.

As a member of Parliament but also as a citizen, I think it is essential to end to this destruction Fontana’s mistakes are abnormal, generated chain effects that led to the collapse of Lombardy’s health. justly, Marco Travaglio I asked the Commissioner of the Region, he would add that if Fontana had a minimum of love for his compatriots, he should give up. To err is human, to persevere is devilish.