Grosseto: «During this regional election campaign – he declares Chiara Serracchiani candidate for the Regional Council for AVS – I realized that there are problems that unite all the territories of the coastal and internal Maremma, from the coast to the beloved. One of these, perhaps the most urgent, is the lack of basic doctors, which particularly affects small centers and peripheral hamlets, just where the population is older and would really need a proximity medicine made of neighboring health facilities, accessible doctors and working territorial hubs.
There are municipalities, such as Sambuca Pistoiese, who have not had a general practitioner for two years. In Maremma a Arcidosso mother said she was forced to travel over 35 kilometers for a simple pediatric visit. And in Talamone, after the retirement of the only general practitioner, no replacement was foreseen: an entire coastal village, populated by many elderly and with a strong tourist presence in the summer months, found itself without a fundamental garrison.
The causes are the aging of the category, the difficulty in attracting doctors in the peripheral areas, excessive work loads that discourage young people, the bureaucracy that suffocates, the lack of real logistical support. But politics cannot be limited to finding the problem: concrete and courageous solutions are needed.
I believe that the road is that of a strong territorial medicine, which reports the service close to people.
I propose that the Region identifies areas with high health priorities, with dedicated calls and economic and professional incentives for those who choose to operate in the villages of the coastal and hinterland Maremma: additional allowances, facilitated accommodation, local tax reductions, support for the Medici family that settle in these territories.
Next to this it is necessary to create widespread health hubs, capable of serving more surrounding communities, integrated with nurses, sampling services and basic diagnostics.
It will also be fundamental to reduce administrative charges, providing shared secretariats and IT tools that allow doctors to focus on treatments and not on bureaucracy.
It is then necessary to invest in the future: the scholarships for general medicine must be linked to a period of service in the internal and coastal areas, and to the young people who choose this path must be given opportunities for growth and stability.
The ASL, for their part, must have mandatory annual plans to ensure the coverage of basic doctors in small municipalities and the region must supervise, rewarding those who manage to hit the objectives.
The right to health cannot depend on the place where you live. Those who live in the villages of the coastal Maremma, on the internal hills or in the beloved countries must have the same opportunities as those who live in the city. Guaranteeing a nearby, accessible and stable general practitioner is not a privilege: it is a right.
For this reason I commit, if elected to the regional council, to bring these proposals within the health plan of Tuscany: with dedicated resources, serious controls and the political will to bring territorial medicine to the center. The geographical distance must never translate into rights “.