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Covid places in hospitals doubled, new drive-ins, and around a thousand resident doctors to use in the battle against the virus. These are the main actions launched at this time by the Lazio Region to face the second wave of covid-19 and avoid the collapse of the health network. The positives of coronavirus in Lazio have exceeded the quota of 46 thousand, the daily contagion curve continues to rise as the number of tampons rises at the same time (yesterday the record of 30 thousand), and the ratio between tampons and positives is remains stable at 9%. The hospital system “still holding but under stress” President Nicola Zingaretti, yesterday present at a press conference with the councilors of Health and Transport Alessio D’Amato and Mauro Alessandri, highlighted the movements planned in the vicinity and those already implemented in recent weeks.
Increased beds
The first action planned with a specific regional ordinance is the increase in available places. In a week, this is the promise, they will go from the current 2,913 (of which 532 in intensive and sub-intensive care) to 5,310 (of which 901 in intensive and sub-intensive care) in 54 structures in the area. “It is an extraordinary effort that we ask the structures and they will have to put it into operation in a week -explained D’Amato- the dimensioning of the network is done through scenarios, which in this case foresee an upward trend of the curve epidemic to the end “. November, and it is enough to contain it. ”
The increase in seats, added Zingaretti, “is added to the eight Covid rooms, of which two are again public in Genzano and Albano. For about 300 seats.” And to the “100 Uscar teams for home care and interventions in the territories and we are in 13 hotels protected by Covid, with medical nursing assistance, which guarantee convalescence and have 724 operative places. To date about 250 are free” . And if the security zone is exceeded “we will intervene with the opening of new hotels.”
The largest network unit in Italy
Regarding the follow-up and identification of positives using molecular swabs, Lazio has reached 63 drive in, the highest number in Italy. Yesterday the last inauguration of a station at the Tor Vergata polyclinic. “Yesterday we touched the historical figure of 30 thousand swabs. I know complaints about waiting days, but this is linked to the huge amount of swabs needed to test the territory. Zingaretti explained. And again, among the planned measures, the possibility of making quick swabs by the GP: “The competition, to which 311 doctors have signed up, for the execution of antigenic swabs has ended. It’s a matter of calling your doctor and finding out if you’ve accepted this opportunity. In addition to this, 19 army teams are in the field, with an officer and a medical NCO, who help maintain the drive-in network. And then we have integrated home care, for an audience of around 30,000 elderly people, with periodic swabs fully paid for by the Regional Health Service. ”
GP swabs
Councilor D’Amato returned to the general practitioners: “All these doctors, according to the new national collective agreement signed together with Minister Speranza, must undergo rapid unhealthy tests. They can perform them in their studies, in areas made available by the regional health service or even in places that can be safely accommodated (a recent provision of the competent regional direction also speaks of gyms and parishes, ed). Then, a modality must be established so that the certificates of the conclusion of the absent period, for those in isolation and with work problems, are issued by these doctors to speed up the procedures “. More generally, the commissioner stressed that “The territorial network is now essential. We have more than 33 thousand people in home isolation and 4,500 doctors, if each doctor treated 8/9 patients who are in home isolation, the situation would be better.”
One thousand medical doctors
Among the novelties illustrated, the arrival of a thousand doctors from Lazio will soon be used in the battle against Covid. It is another measure contained in the order signed by President Nicola Zingaretti. Our goal is to strengthen the medical part by setting up some 1,000 doctors among the fellows, for functions and tasks that, together with the system, can withstand the shock wave that could occur in the coming weeks. Zingaretti explained. “We will allow, as the first Italian region, an extraordinary recruitment of postgraduates, from the third year of the specialization course (which lasts from four to five years) – said the regional health advisor Alessio D’Amato – There will be a call from Tuesday and this will allow us to have fresh energy in our structures ”.
D’Amato specified that “The fellows will go largely to the Covid rooms, with the necessary precautionary measures, especially those who have a more relevant specialization. But they will also serve other departments. We hope to have an audience of more than 1,000 young doctors available. that we provide will be added to the specialization scholarship they currently enjoy “.
Actions for public transport
The other front of intervention refers to local public transport. In recent weeks, there have been discussions about how to deal with the continuous crowds on buses and the subway. The promised measures include the delivery of vouchers to users to encourage the use of taxis and NCC, as well as a campaign with Trenitalia for the use of regional railways in the Rome metropolitan area.
Regarding the funds available, Astral has launched a tender of 20 million euros in agreement with Roma Servizi Mobilità and Atac to search and use private buses for a total of 8 million additional seats and 200,000 more trips until June 2021. To December, 500 new private buses are planned to reinforce Cotral’s extra-urban regional service with a tender of 8 million euros.
Among the actions already carried out since September, 8.8 million in aid for taxis and NCC, 1 million euros destined to Roma Capitale (which will soon publish a European call to search for private buses), and 274 private buses in support of Cotral . in the most critical directions, where overcrowding is greatest, financed by a Regional Call of 2 million euros.
