Rome, November 5 (askanews) – "Italy is already the country that invests more than the OECD average in prevention, and this is a finding that resoundingly supports the health outcomes of our National Health System. Today, we have the best healthcare determinants in the world in Italy, but that doesn't mean we don't have to struggle to provide services in the time and manner citizens demand.
We know that Covid, among the many damages it has caused, has also revealed the supposedly fragile. In reality, they are not fragile because they live 2,4 years longer than the OECD average,” stated Francesco Zaffini, FDI Senator and Chairman of the Social Affairs, Healthcare, Public and Private Employment, and Social Security Committee, on the sidelines of the second edition of the Urania Policy & Business Forum, an annual event promoted by Urania News, the television channel for institutions and businesses, at Villa Wolkonsky in Rome.
Healthcare is created by those who work there; it's the primary service, not by machines. We must better train, better motivate, and better pay healthcare professionals; these three parameters have given us a dramatic picture. We're working across all sectors; we've signed three contracts in this legislature for medical personnel; yesterday (November 4th, ed.) we approved the second national agreement on local healthcare.
We are making great strides, but before this reaches citizens in terms of reducing waiting lists, we need better coordination with the regions, and we are working on this too,” he concluded.
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