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Liguria. I am Giovanni Assumma, Maria Ghinatti, Marco Giglio, Gloria Capriata, Chiara Dentone and Luca Castellani the first six Ligurians who will receive the Covid-19 vaccine tomorrow at the San Martino hospital in Genoa. Chosen to represent all categories that will participate in the first phase of the campaign aimed at marking a turning point during the pandemic: doctors, nurses, hospital staff, fellows, public assistance volunteers. They will be joined by guests and employees of the RSA.
All six fought Covid on the front line.. In a video made by the Region and the San Martino hospital they relate the experience of the first two waves and the great emotion of having been chosen first, with the great responsibility of embodying an example for their colleagues and for all citizens. Here are their testimonials.
Giovanni assumma, 22 years old, born in Genoa, engaged. He currently resides in Genoa. She has been a member of the SIS cooperative since February 14, 2020. Previously, she carried out volunteer and civil service experiences in the Giovani Amici Uniti Onlus association of Genoa (GAU), “Struppa Section of the PA Croce Bianca Genovese”. He has worked on the front lines during the Covid emergency.
This emergency has improved my physical and mental stamina due to the effort to maintain the suit and the situations that arise, for example when I am going to take a Covid patient. When you are in the middle for the first time and impacting, the impact is clear. In the end you find yourself on a battlefield and you only have two answers: either defend yourself to the extreme or fight until you win. By making this shot, dressed as a member of the Cross, I will feel a great honor representing you all
Maria ghinatti, 46 years old, born in Genoa and resident in Genoa, married with 3 children. From 2004 to 2017 he worked in the Savona emergency room. Since 2017 she has been employed in internal medicine at the San Martino Polyclinic Hospital where she currently works in the operational university sector, in pavilion 12. She was operational in the first line during the entire Covid emergency – first and second waves – in one of the first converted rooms. COVID-19.
The emotions are many. This experience, however, helped us bring out the best in ourselves. We had to face new situations and we had to invent qualities that we did not know we had, organizational qualities, new ways of helping patients and reaching out to family members. We feel part of something great, albeit ugly, that prompted us to do our best. Humanly, my thoughts turn to those patients, even young people, sometimes friends, who have passed away and who have not had the opportunity to be vaccinated for a few weeks. It would be a waste of a great opportunity.
Marcus Giglio, 54 years old, born and resident in Genoa. Single without children. He plays the role of specialized technical operator and since 2007 has been assigned to the operational hygiene activity. During the emergency period, Covid gave its contribution helping with the disinfection activity. Previously, for about ten years, he worked in sterilization for both the San Martino Polyclinic Hospital and in functional assignment with Servizio Italia.
Seeing so many ambulances joining our service gave an idea of what was going on. In my opinion, we have had a very good response. Certainly there were moments of tension, of fear, but in the end we did a wonderful job. Not only was the ambulance disinfected, but also all confined spaces, the passage of patients from hospitalization to radiology, therefore also in direct contact with patients. I felt a little scared, but at the same time very confident, especially now that we have the vaccine. Doing so is an act of trust, civility, and even optimism. Better a vaccine today than a confinement tomorrow morning.
Gloria Capriata, 48 years. Born in Genoa, lives in Genoa. Individual, with 2 children. Nurse. Since 1992 he has worked at the San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, since he was 19 years old. He worked in the order first in Cardiology, then in the Day Hospital in Dimi and then in Resuscitation. Today she is the nursing coordinator in the intensive care unit, in the M2 of the Monobloc. He literally spent his entire life in San Martino. He worked tirelessly during the Covid emergency.
We were certainly caught off guard in the first wave. We open resuscitation in 72 hours out of nowhere. I carry with me many beautiful memories for everything we have done with nurses, doctors and health social workers, and bad for everything we have seen in general. I feel like I can do this vaccine in peace. You certainly feel joy and pride for being chosen, for the gesture of trust in me as a testimony to this campaign and for what the symbol itself represents. A message that I hope reaches my colleagues and the population, an example and above all something that I hope inspires everyone: let’s take the step, let’s get vaccinated, it’s an important choice, especially for us who are on the front line.
Chiara Dentone, 42 years old, born in Chiavari and resident in Genoa. Married. A specialist in infectious diseases since December 2007, she is the medical director of the Infectious Diseases Clinic of the San Martino Polyclinic Hospital. After being a specialist in infectious diseases at Asl1, at the Hospital de San Remo, he did a doctorate in immunology at the University of Genoa outside Italy, in Paris and London. Since November 2019 he has been working at the San Martino Hospital in Genoa. He played an active role, on the front line, in the Covid emergency.
It was a unique experience, we became a much more cohesive group, not only we infectious diseases but also doctors from other specialties who intervened in the management of this emergency. It was a force that allowed us to get out of the first wave and face the second in the best possible way. It left me feeling helpless at first. It has been difficult. Being in a group allowed us to find solutions more quickly. It is everyone’s responsibility to get vaccinated. It is part of the civic sense of every citizen. It is the only way we have to get out of the pandemic. I am proud to be one of the first vaccinated, she must be an example for the citizens.
Luca Castellani, 32 years old, born and resident in Genoa. He is specialized in Emergency Medicine in the Emergency Service. When the pandemic broke out, he was in his fourth year at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Genoa. He actively participated in the Covid Emergency, first as a fellow and subsequently, as of March 2020, with a six-month contract, subsequently extended for the duration of the pandemic.
I am very happy to have been chosen to represent all of the fellows who have made an extremely important contribution to this pandemic. It has been a whirlwind of emotions from when it all began until now and what will happen next, whether there is a third wave or not. It is nice to be able to help people, to see the smile of a sick person talking to a child, to mother or father. These are moments of great joy. I hope all my colleagues agree to make the vaccine, which I think is logical. There are many ways to ask, if someone has any questions, they can ask or read. The apprentices are doctors and they are up to date in everything, those who are not in the profession can contact the family doctor, pharmacists to request information. The vaccine must be ready.
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