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PANDEMIC – In the small town they dropped from 96 to 23. The mayor: “Fundamental is the communication of data, constant monitoring and the work of general practitioners.” Among them Enrico Parrucci: «We try to treat everyone at home, we use an oximeter, oxygen and cortisone. We were also able to follow up, we jumped all over Italy ”
Mayor Giuliano Ciabocco
from Alessandra pierini
A sudden drop in Covid positives in 15 days is affecting the municipality of San Ginesio. In the inland village of Macerata, with a little more than 3,000 inhabitants, 15 days ago there were 96 positive inhabitants, today there are 23 (-76.04%). An enviable downhill curve as most municipalities struggle with the continued increase in the number of cases. In all, there are three hospitalizations among the Ginesini, the most serious of which is an older than 80 years hospitalized in Torrette and now back home. An experience other than that of the mayor Giuliano Ciabocco and health in the small center to be analyzed in search of ideas on how to face the emergency.
“Data communication is essential” The mayor explains that at the beginning of the “outbreak” that affected his territory he had raised his voice against the Asur. “It is essential that the data on the Cohesion platform that communicates the numbers and names of those infected to the Municipalities are updated almost in real time so that the first citizens can implement the necessary procedures. I insisted a lot on this with the leaders of Asur, with whom we then had a discussion and clarification. I understand their difficulties, but each one of us must protect our communities and to have a clear image the comparison must be strong and constant.
Along with continuous monitoring, the work of general practitioners in the area was essential. «I can only thank Dr. Pietro Enrico Parrucci and Dr. Orietta Lattanzi. We speak several times throughout the day and this allows us to have a clear image and constant follow-up. They quickly report cures and new cases.
The small center has also focused on direct communication with citizens. In addition to the WhatsApp chat “San Ginesio Informa” constantly updated on the emergency, Civil Protection took to the field: «We wanted to sensitize the population about the measures to be taken and about the importance of everyone’s behavior. In addition, we have adopted constant sanitation throughout the territory. We have thought about launching useful initiatives to stop the situation. Regarding controls, we have done everything possible with two local police to cover 80 square kilometers.
Enrico Parrucci
At the forefront of the area, the doctor, former mayor Pietro Enrico Parrucci: “First we try to treat everyone at home, we monitor them with an oximeter, oxygen and cortisone.” The constant monitoring has also made it possible to continue monitoring, now skipped a bit throughout Italy. “We did it independently through the medical history of the patient. We have intensified the controls within the family and that is why covid hotels are welcome since many times in an apartment it is very difficult to isolate oneself”. The role of swabs is also important: “It would be very useful – specifies Parrucci – if the degree of viral load in the final swab could be known to better evaluate the readmission of the subject in community life”.
The work is still very intense but a small balance can be drawn: “In the excellent management carried out so far – continues the doctor – we also found that in the Sant’Angelo nursing home in Pontano there are no cases of contamination by Covid, except a few that tested positive for hospital admissions and that we isolated, also studying specific shifts for staff. Instead, to our disappointment, we witness stories of patients entering hospitals for other illnesses, entering negative, and leaving hospital positive. Unfortunately Covid makes us lose sight of other pathologies.
In the “anti-covid team” of San Ginesio also Dr. Orietta Lattanzi who reports the continuous difficulties to deal with ASL. “The work is already heavy, we continue with our clinic, the flu vaccines and in all this we can find the exact number of certificates for example. The bureaucracy makes us lose a lot of time, without this hindrance we could do much more ».
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