With a new resolution dated 18 December, Palazzo Madama aims to further strengthen the supervision of cardiologists and internal nurses: selections are open for another five cardiologists and as many between anesthesiologists and resuscitators
Of Thomas Mackinson | 2 January 2013
The via crucis of the re-candidate becomes narrower and more uncertain than ever. A heart-pounding race, stuff to stay dry. It will be for this reason that the president of the Senate, Renato Schifani has decided to strengthen the presence of cardiologists and nurses at the Outpatient Clinic Madame Palace. Under the Christmas tree, on December 18, a resolution of the bureau arrived which officially opens the selections for five specialists in cardiology and five in anesthesia and resuscitation. Not first-time trainees but graduates with at least 105/110 and minimum professional experience of five years for doctors and four for nurses.
That of the Senate, moreover, is a very respectable clinic: open all year round, 24 hours a day, free and for the exclusive use of the tenants of the building. And it has been there by law for 27 years: originally, they explain from Palazzo Madama, it was supposed to guarantee the health care of their colleagues in the capital to non-resident senators in Rome, but over time the mini-clinic has become maxi. The audience of patients has in fact expanded to deputies, ex MPs, employees of the Senate and of the groups, while the staff today numbers a doctor and four nurses on a permanent basis, plus another 26 white coats paid per performance to ensure 24-hour shifts. And so the costs have also risen: in 2011, the latest data available, they reached 650 thousand euros. It's not hard to believe, given that for almost thirty years the garrison was open even when the building was semi-deserted and the tenants on holiday, on weekends, even at Christmas and in August.
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