The slowness of the Regions in intensive care. Piedmont, Campania and Lombardy late. Record Veneto: now has more than expected

Where we are Are the Regions increasing the number of intensive care places? Are they using available money for the emergency? Responding is not always easy, especially regarding the complicated round of funds that no one seems to be tracking in real time. Regarding beds in intensive care – according to the data of the structure of the emergency commissioner – the Region that has moved the best is the Val d’Aosta that it has doubled its availability according to the indications of the Arcuri Plan. Small numbers in any case: from 10 places it has risen to 20. It has also moved well The Veneto region which increased availability from 494 to 825, 331 beds more than the 211 planned. Friuli Venezia Giulia now has 55 more seats, exactly as planned. All other regions are practically below the established targets. In Lombardy seats increased from 861 to 994, but it should have been 1,446. Piedmont seats are now 485, 158 more, but the goal was to bring them to 626. In Liguria we are in 209 ICU beds, 58 less than expected. In Tuscany, availability increased by 49 seats, more than a hundred less than expected. To date, these are the latest numbers made available by Arcuri staff, but it must be said that they are subject to continuous variations given the daily work carried out by the Regions to strengthen their hospitals. Emilia Romagna, for example, contacted by Ilfattoquotidiano.it reports that you have almost reached altitude 600 beds in total in the last hours.

In Abruzzo new places are already sold out, in Piedmont almost – In Lazio capacity increased by 176 seats, compared to 282 expected. In Campania the seats are 433 but the plan indicates 834, almost double. In Sicily 557 seats against 719. In Umbria, where places should have doubled to 140, is still stuck at 79. In general, before the emergency, locations throughout Italy there were 5,179, now there are 6,628. Arcuri’s plan plans to bring them to 8,700 towards. In short, they should grow by 3,500 units, for now we are at +1,449, less than half. An increase in the availability of places below the targets also explains why in some regions, according to the report from the University’s Higher School of Economics and Health Systems Management. Catholic – the new posts are already largely filled. In Piedmont, fewer than 10 new beds are available for Covid and non-Covid patients. In Campania around thirty, in Lombardy around 60. Abruzzo, which has increased its capacity by only 10 seats compared to the 66 planned, has already saturated its new availability. Thus, five Covid patients had to occupy places not reserved for patients suffering from Sars-Cov2, although the Councilor for Health warns: “The system is perfectly balanced and under control: that figure simply arises from a different perspective with which there were data general analyzed “. In Veneto, the new beds available for Covid patients there are still 300.

Commissioned today Domenico Arcuri he “curry” the regions. “In the last few months we have sent 3,059 lung ventilators to establish intensive care, 1,429 for the subintensive. Before Covid, intensive care was 5,179 and now 6,628 are active but, based on the devices provided, we had to have another 1,600 already available in the individual regions but they are not active yet. We have 1,500 additional ventilators available, but before distributing them we would like to see the 1,600 ICU beds activated for which we have already sent ventilators, ”he added. The only Lombardy for example, received from March to today 699 followers while equipping as it looks more than 100 new beds. The Campania she had a dowry of 458 but only has 98 more places in intensive care. Lazio has received 326 fans so far, In Piedmont They have arrived 233 (+ 40 seats), in Veneto 418, in Abruzzo 57, in Umbria 91, in Tuscany 279, in Sicily 295.

How much money is there and how much is being used? At this point the problem arises of using the allocated funds to create the new positions. If occupied, the cost of each ICU position is averaged in 1,429 euros per day. But, on paper, money is not the problem. To face the health emergency, the Ministry of Economy has allocated a total of more so far 9.5 billion euros. More specifically increase intensive care posts there is on the plate 1,400 million euros. Very difficult to know the project” of these funds, that’s the amount the regions are using. Commissioner Arcuri’s office does not know, the Ministry of the Economy does not know, that it limits itself to making the funds available and then receives the final balances, the Ministry of Regional Affairs, which is not competent, does not know. Silence from the Ministry of Health. So antithetical reconstructions have appeared in recent days. There are those who argue that the regions are not using all the money they can and who instead hand over responsibility to the department that Arcuri heads.