“Too many absences due to Covid”: fired from the supermarket one step away from retirement. “The last 7 months have changed my life”

“Receive at home the letter from the company you have worked for for 33 years, with which they shootwhile you’re still trying to heal it Covid effects it was a blow ”. FF, 60 years old, one of the “historical” butchers of the Famila store in Casalpusterlengo, he’s devastated. “The last seven months have changed my life. When I was hospitalized in Crema, from my bed I could see at least passing in the corridor 5-6 coffins per day – He says with a voice broken by emotion – then there myocarditis, consequence of the coronavirus. And now the firing, which brought me down. Although these days I have seen the closeness of many people, inside I feel bad ”. Like many of his colleagues in the industry large distribution, during the early days of the red zone of the Basso Lodigiano, FF kept working. Always present until February 29, despite the concerns and uncertainties. Then, on the morning of March 1, the symptoms of the coronavirus appeared.

“First the fever, then with each passing day I breathe more and more panting, and the temperature did not drop even with the tachipyrine – remember – On March 7th my wife contacted the Ats. They sent an ambulance to pick me up and that same night I was admitted to the hospital in Crema. From Saturday, when I arrived, until Monday, my parents light they had already gotten a lot worse. They took me to the room: they gave me oxygen for a few hours, mine saturation however, it has never been excessively low. They treated me with antiviral therapies, I took 12 tablets a day for 6 days. FF was discharged on March 18, continued at home with other 14 days quarantine. And then he underwent regular check-ups at the Codogno Covid Center. “When I got home I was still not completely healed, I still had a noticeable thickening of interstitial pneumonia”.

Towards the end of July, when everything seems to have passed, it is time for FF to return to normal. Then visit her from occupational doctor, in the company: “I would have returned but I could no longer do the Chores than before, because I could no longer be near cold rooms“Before starting work again, FF was planning a cardiology control, as every year, for his activity as an amateur cyclist. However, after the application of the holter one emerges severe arrhythmiaSo much so that the cardiologist contacted him immediately and advised him to go to the emergency room. After one night in observation, he was hospitalized in cardiology in Lodi for 15 days. Diagnosis: myocarditis. For the doctors one consequence of Covid. Now he has to walk with a temporary defibrillator, which he will have to keep until at least November. Then we will see: if it does not heal, they will have to install a pacemaker.

Meanwhile, Inail recognized him. the accident at work, with a certificate that runs until October 12. But last week the cold shower. A recommended, from the Maxi-Di group: for its prolonged absence, exceeding 190 days (according to company calculations), you are notified of the termination of the employment relationship. FF immediately turned to Labor union, who confirmed that the company would not take into account the directives of the Decree Cura Italia, so the Covid injury period does not have to be counted. The company owns Family, based in Verona, has Office of Human Resources accessible only by email: contacted by Ilfattoquotidiano.it did not respond to the request for further clarification on the case of his now former employee. Without clarification not even from the Casalpusterlengo store.

“I worked 41 years, 33 of which always for this company. I miss you 17 months to retire. I feel like I’ve fallen into a ravine and every time I try to climb, something pulls me back. I risked leaving our skin for Covid, then for myocarditis. And now this. On an emotional level, I am devastated. The only thing that manages to give me a little joy is my 15-month-old granddaughter. But at night, when I go to bed, all the thoughts, all the anguish, return ”.

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