MIlano, 15 Jul. (askanews) – Over 6 million Italians coexist with an eye pathology and of these a third faces a reduction of the disabling view. It is the photography of the health of the eyes in Italy that makes you talk about an emergency for now “silent”, but not to be overlooked, because if it is true that you do not die of eye diseases, they drastically lower the quality of life and lead to other problems such as depressions and falls that cost a lot to the national health system. This was highlighted by the patients of the APMO association and Aimo and Sisa doctors, who promote an itinerant campaign for the prevention and treatment of eye diseases that arrived, with that of Milan, at its fourth stage.
“The financing of the health system – said Francesco Bandello, President of the Apo and Oculistico Iccs S.Raffaele in Milan – are undergoing a contraction, in all sectors, and the ophthalmology is one of those that cannot appear as a priority. Visual, to everything you need so that it is safeguarded, making adequate prevention, information, early diagnosis and possible treatment, we believe it is absolutely essential “.
In the face of the continuous scissors at the refund rates, and the lengthening of life that increases the demand for performance, patients often await months, if not years, for a first eye examination or for a cataract intervention.
“It becomes necessary – observed Francesco Semeraro, Prof. Ophthalmology and dir. Civil Speech Ophthalmology of Brescia – to be able to create first level structures on the territory where the patient can be welcomed and managed for the first part of his clinical and diagnostic process. Strengthening these structures would avoid an excessive crowding of the central structures”.
It is the famous local medicine, financed by the PNRR with huge investments, but it is not the only possible solution.
“I think – said Guido Bertolaso, councilor for welfare Lombardy Region – that it is above all an organizational theme, also of the distribution of resources in a fairer way. Let’s take the example of the Schools of Specialization in Ophthalmology. It is not clear for what reason all the specializes must be forced to be used in university hospitals. ophthalmology “.
Reference point for the comparison between specialists, patients and institutions is the health of the eye of the eye that outlines the current reality of the main and most severe eye diseases – retinopathies and maculopathies, cataracts, dry eye, glaucoma and myopia – with the aim of offering an overview and realistic solutions.
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