BOLZANO. Visit to the Silandro hospital by the provincial health councilor Hubert Messnertogether with the leaders of the Alto Adige Health Authority and the management of the District: they met with the hospital management and the head doctors considering the problems of shortage of medical personnel.
The main point of the meeting was the maintenance and safeguarding of all the hospital’s services,notably the pediatric and anesthesia departmentswhere there has recently been a shortage of staff in the medical field.
The shortages occurred due to a legislative decree issued by the government (“Bill decree“) on March 30, 2023, which has the extension of contracts with external medical companies is prohibited beyond December 31, 2024. In the past, thes contracts had been used to cover services in the pediatrics and anesthesia departments of the Silandro hospital.
“Simultaneously occurring, in close collaboration with the South Tyrol Health Authority, we have a competition has been announced for vacant doctor positions and we managed to recruit new doctors. The relevant employment contracts will be finalized soon”, said councilor Messner. “In addition, specialist colleagues from the other pediatric and anesthesia departments in the province have agreed to lend a hand to cover services in Silandro, if necessary”, he adds Christian koflergeneral director of the health company. “This allows us to cover shifts with a company network and mutual solidarity within the institution and to maintain services at the Silandro hospital,” commented Messner.
At the meeting, which was also attended by representatives of local politics, a clear commitment emerged from everyone for the maintenance and protection of the services of the Silandro hospital. “The Silandro hospital, with all its departments and services, is and will remain an essential part of the South Tyrolean hospital network.Precisely for this reason, it is important to strengthen the collaboration between the hospitals in the future and therefore the local attractiveness in order to cover services, especially in a location like Silandro, increasingly in the medium term with our permanent staff”.