The pontiff said citizens cannot receive treatment in the country
Pope Francis criticized the Italian healthcare system during an audience on Thursday (13) with members of the Religious Association of Socio-Health Institutes and warned of the return of “poverty” in the sector.
“The return of ‘medical poverty’ in Italy is assuming important proportions, especially in regions marked by more difficult socio-economic situations. There are people who, due to lack of resources, cannot be treated and for whom paying a ticket is also a And there are people who have difficulty accessing health services due to very long queues, even for urgent and necessary treatments”. said the Catholic leader.
Francisco also stated that there is a growing need for “intermediate” care, “given the growing tendency of hospitals to discharge patients more quickly, favoring care in the more acute phases of the disease rather than the chronic ones”.
“The consequence, especially for the elderly, is that this is also becoming a serious problem from an economic point of view, with the risk of favoring paths that do not respect the dignity of these same people”, he added.
To the members of the institution, the pontiff underlined that “as a Church we are called above all to respond to the demand for health care of the poorest, the excluded and those who, for economic or cultural reasons, do not find their needs – and these are the most important to us”.
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Source: Terra
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