The Pope Francisco He assured that the cut in resources allocated to Health “is an attack against the Humanity” and that it is necessary “to work so that everyone has access to assistance sanitary”, which must be “free“.
“Cutting resources for Health is an attack against the Humanity“, said the pontiff in an audience with the leaders of the Federsanitá Confederation, which brings together the authorities Sanitary local authorities and hospitals and medical centers, as well as representatives of the Association of Italian Municipalities.
“The pandemic has taught us that ‘every man for himself’ quickly translates into ‘all against all’, widening the gap of inequalities and increasing the conflicts. Instead, we have to work so that everyone has access to assistance, so that the system is supported and promoted sanitary and so that it continues to be free”, he assured.
Francisco thanked the “commitment” of the leaders Sanitary local, which “contributes to maintaining the relationship between the center and the periphery, between the small and the large, weaving relationships and promoting social integration and well-being”.
In this context, he proposed three “antidotes” to their work: “the proximityintegrity and the common good”.
“Seeing another self in the patient (…) encourages us to recognize ourselves as brothersregardless of language, geographical origin, social status or health status, whether in the people we meet in hospital wards, in nursing homes, in outpatient clinics (…) ensuring that there are no patients of class “A” and “B”, putting energies and resources into circulation so that no one is excluded from social and health care”, he said regarding the first.
In addition, “we must rethink the concept of health from a perspective comprehensive, encompassing all the dimensions of the person” because “treating a patient means considering not only their pathology, but also their psychological, social, cultural and spiritual ones”.
“A holistic view of care helps to counteract the “culture of rejection“, which excludes those who, for various reasons, do not meet certain standards. In a society that runs the risk of seeing the sick as a burden, a cost, it is necessary to put back at the center what is priceless, cannot be bought or sold, that is, the dignity of the person”, he claimed.
The third antidote is the common good “as a remedy to the pursuit of vested interests” since “even in the sphere of Healththere is often a temptation to let the advantages economic or policies of a few groups prevail at the expense of the majority. And this is also true in the field of relations international,” he concluded.
With information from EFE