TRAPANI (ITALPRESS) – “In reference to the news about the case of a patient from Mazara del Vallo who filed a complaint with the Marsala Prosecutor’s Office claiming that she had to wait eight months to have the result of a histological examination, the general management of the Trapani Asp confirms its commitment to close by March 31, 2025 all histological reports related to 2024 and refer all histological samples received from the hospital principals of the relevant territory by January 2025.”This was clarified by the manager of the Provincial Health Authority of Trapani, Ferdinando Croce, in a note where he emphasized the determination of a clear change of pace from the past and the full will to improve operational efficiency and healthcare response. “The optimization of the management of referral processes is a priority point of the company’s planning,” Croce said. “From the moment the critical issues related to waiting times related to referrals emerged, I immediately activated a series of agreements with Asp Catania, Azienda Ospedaliera Garibaldi of Catania and Policlinico of Palermo, in order to exhaust as soon as possible all the backlog. In addition,” he added, “in order to speed up the reporting of histological samples, with particular reference to osteo-marrow biopsies, a special service for processing and reporting of samples has been initiated with a private company, and to date a total of 2058 histological cases have been processed, while 244 remain to be examined. “At the root of the problem,” the manager stressed, “is the serious shortage of medical specialists in Pathological Anatomy, which has led to macro criticalities in the possibility of meeting the timeline, given the presence in the company of three medical managers until December 2024, compared with a staffing that provides for nine units. Therefore, an open competition has been issued to fill four positions of medical director of Pathological Anatomy. These initiatives are detailed in a report already sent to the director general of Health Planning of the Ministry of Health,” he concludes.
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