Ferrara, goodbye to the psychologist. Two new positives

The woman was 68 years old, 12 hospitalizations for confirmed or suspected cases. Venturi: it is the final phase of the epidemic curve

FERRARA. The virus is slowly withdrawing from the Ferrara area. Yesterday he said this and in particular the data of the new infections: only 2 positive swabs (from people residing in Argenta and Ferrara) of the 136 reported in the last 24 hours, while 106 are still awaiting the result. On the other hand, the number of hospitalizations remains stationary: 12, between known and suspected Covid cases (5 sent to the Cona hospital, 3 to Cento, 2 to the Delta, 1 to Argenta and 1 remains at home). But the day was clouded by news of another death, that of Carla Calanchi, 68, bringing the total death toll to 143.

THE PSYCHOLOGIST RELATED TO COMACCHIO

“We are from Ferrara, but all the friends are here in Comacchio and that is why Mom will rest in the cemetery of this city, to which we are all linked in the family.” Dario La Corte, son of Carla Calanchi, a Ferrara psychologist, who was killed on Friday at the Delta hospital by the coronavirus, tells the story of his mother’s ordeal. “Three months ago she was diagnosed with lung cancer with bone metastases, Dario recalls, and she was hospitalized in the Cona hospital on February 11, then on March 28 she was transferred to the Delta hospital in the Covid ward. She contracted the virus in the In all these months, I have only been able to find her a few times in the Lagosanto hospital, when, unfortunately, she was already dying. “

For many years, Carla Calanchi has practiced the profession of psychologist employed by the ASL of Ferrara, a profession that she continued to practice for several years, after retirement, opening a private practice. During the winter, health problems, which suddenly arose, forced the woman, who lived on the outskirts of the city, to Villa Fulvia, to abandon the activity. “He was very close to the late Antonio and his sister Anna, owners of the Ragno di Comacchio bar,” added Carla Calanchi’s son, “and in the summer he helped them out to continue the jazz festival. There is also a deep bond between our families. if not blood, and therefore I wanted to honor the memory of my mother by taking her to Comacchio for the last farewell. He will rest in the cemetery with his friend Antonio. “The psychologist was 68 years old and lived in symbiosis with Micia, a two-year-old kitten, who her son Darío will take care of from now on.