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A minimally invasive operation on two patients suffering from neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreas was performed at the Marche University Hospital, for the first time in the region. The two operations were performed by Prof. Marco Marzioni and Dr. Giuseppe Tarantino, of the staff of the Emergency Gastroenterology Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy Clinic, directed by Prof. Antonio Benedetti, with the support of Prof. Stefano Crinò, of the University Hospital and University of Verona. “The operation – explains Marzioni – consisted of radiofrequency ablation under endoscopic ultrasound guidance of the two tumor lesions that we had already previously studied. In essence, with an endoscopic ultrasound the lesion of the pancreas is reached with a dedicated probe; the probe is connected to a generator that overheats the nodule, effectively burning the tumor cells. Radio frequencies are a particular form of current that allows you to make very precise incisions and selectively burn the lesion. This technology also allows the treatment of lesions that cannot be attacked by means of traditional surgery”. “The two patients – Tarantino specifies – were affected by a particular form of neuroendocrine tumor, the insulinoma; this neoplasm caused dangerous hypoglycemic crises in the two patients, for which they had to follow specific therapies and checks. Just a few hours after the surgery all the symptoms and laboratory anomalies had disappeared; after a couple of days of observation the patients were discharged. We are very happy for the two patients, also because the alternative for them would have been major pancreatic surgery.” . For pancreatic insulinoma in some cases, such as those of patients treated at Aoum, it is possible to offer effective alternative therapies.

SIGNA – A new healthcare facility ready to be built in the Fieenze plain.

Palazzo Ferroni in Signa will be completely restored to host the new community hospital con 10 beds for intermediate care and rehabilitation. The construction site started last July and on 30 September the President of the Region, Eugenio Giani and the General Director of the Central Tuscany Local Health Authority, engineer Valerio Marithey officially inaugurated it together with the health director of the ASL Tuscany centre, Simona Deito the mayor of Signa, Giampiero Fossito the deputy mayor Marinella Fossi and to the president of the Health Society of the north-west Florentine area, Camilla Sanquerin.

Located on three floors, Palazzo Ferroni covers a total area of ​​approximately 890 m2. The redevelopment requires a total investment of over three million euros attributable to Pnrr financingand construction site closure times for the first months of 2026.

The project will create a historic building which, once renovated, will serve to accommodate those who have been discharged from another hospital but will not yet be able to return home and for the chronically ill, with low-intensity care hospitalizations ea rapido turn over. The structure in via Ferroni in Signa will be the link with a hospital-territorial continuity model which, in integration with general practitioners and specialists from community homes, will offer an intermediate stay between acute hospitalization and the post-acute phase. Characteristics that make it in all respects a community hospital.

“With its ten long-term care beds, the structure that will be created in Signa will have a function that complements the more classically hospital one and will be a point of reference for the entire metropolitan area – underlines the president of Tuscany, Eugenio Giani – The start of the renovation works, which actually start today, constitutes an important step forward for the reorganization of healthcare in the area and the creation of new services close to where citizens live”.

“Using the Pnrr funds – explains Giani – more than thirty community hospitals will be created in Tuscany, where the chronically ill or patients discharged from hospital but who need lower intensity care will be able to be welcomed, and over seventy will be operational community homes, with specialist clinics and family doctors”.

“This is a financially important investment and it will be a revolution – concludes the president – ​​which for the Signa community will also be an opportunity for urban regeneration, because we will bring back to new life in the center of the town a historic building that has been in need of care for many years , which was the seat of the town hall and is now abandoned”.

“In this structure which represents one of the realities of the new model of territorial assistance that will develop in the coming years in the central Tuscany Local Health Authority – declares the General Director of the Local Health Authority, Valerio Mari – citizens of the north-west Florentine area will find an additional response to their health and care needs. This hospital will be the natural point of reference for chronic, frail and elderly patients who need intermediate level care.”

“With this structure – underlines the Mayor I was – Signa will do its part for the health of citizens in an important area like the north west. Having a community hospital in this central place will allow us to act together with other local assistance structures such as the Community Houses that will be built in nearby municipalities and in a more general project that has the health and well-being of citizens as its aim” .

The recovery of the Palace was conceived with this destination: al ground floor there will be rehabilitation rooms, a medical area for visits and ancillary health services, such as relaxation areas and a gym. On the same floor, an attic will be built to be used as a technical room with the structural adaptation useful for defining the new layout. The main public entrance on via Ferroni is also maintained on the ground floor, mainly intended for the arrival of visitors to the structure.

Al primo on the floor there will be the ward with hospitalizations made up of four double rooms and two single rooms.

Il basement floor it is intended for technical rooms, warehouses, changing rooms, ancillary services. Disabled access will also take place from this floor and for this reason a new stretcher lift will have to be inserted in place of the connecting staircase and a new body will have to be created at the back of the building on all floors with an adequate landing landing for movement and manoeuvrability. of litters. Furthermore, the addition of a new lift and a new metal staircase is planned.

Also present at the inauguration of the construction site were the director of the Health Society, Andrea Francalancithe health coordinator of the territorial services in the north-west Florence area, Alessandro Pecchioli and the director of Nursing Management Florence North West, Antonio Gant.

Rome, 1 October – Reduce by 10% by 2030 the almost 5 million (4.95) deaths per year associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR). It is one of the objectives to which world leaders committed themselves by approving a political declaration against the superbug emergency during the 79th high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly on AMR. A commitment that was immediately applauded by FAO, UNEP, WHO and Woah, the UN agencies for food and agriculture, the environment, healthcare and animal health. The approved declaration also includes a request for sustainable national funding and 100 million dollars in catalytic funding to ensure that, again by 2030, at least 60% of countries finance national action plans against antibiotic resistance .

In the field of human health, according to a launch by Adnkronos Health, the declaration sets an ambitious goal: at least 70% of antibiotics used globally should be among those classified by the WHO in the group of antibacterials with relatively minimal side effects and lower potential to induce resistance. Furthermore, by 2030, 100% of countries will need to have basic water, sanitation, hygiene and waste management facilities in all healthcare facilities, and 90% will need to meet all minimum requirements established by WHO for infection prevention and control programmes.

Commitments also cover investments to facilitate equitable access to and appropriate use of antimicrobial medicines, as well as surveillance and reporting of data on antibiotic use and AMR across sectors.

On agriculture and animal health, the declaration commits to significantly reduce by 2030 the amount of antimicrobial products used globally in agri-food systems, prioritizing the implementation and financing of measures to prevent and control infections, and ensuring prudent, responsible and evidence-based use of antibiotics in animals.

Finally, on the environmental front, the declaration highlights the need to prevent and address the discharge of antimicrobials into the environment. It also calls for greater research and knowledge on the environmental dimensions of antibiotic resistance, and action to address the main sources of antimicrobial pollution.

In operation for several months, the new wastewater treatment system of L’Anse-Saint-Jean was the subject of an announcement on Monday during which the government of Quebec confirmed having provided aid of 22 million dollars.

The sum made it possible to carry out major work in the municipality of Bas-Saguenay. Since 2022, various projects have been successfully completed.

The roadway on rue Saint-Jean-Baptiste was resurfaced thanks to this amount.

Rain and wastewater management has also been improved.

Until a few months ago, screeners filtered pieces of dirty water. These were thrown without biological treatment into the Saguenay River.

A long-awaited project

Wastewater management has been discussed and awaited for nearly 25 years in L’Anse-Saint-Jean.

The scale of the work, if we look at the aerated ponds, is still very important. I don’t know how many truck trips were made, but it was phenomenal to see and the work also in the heart of the village and on the main street, from the church to the corner of the roads. It was still impressive. So, it was a very, very important challenge which was met brilliantly, said the mayor of Anjeanne, Richard Perron, on Monday morning.

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Aerated ponds have an impressive size.

Photo : Radio-Canada / Annie-Claude Brisson

The work was made possible thanks to the financial participation of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility.

The project was 95% subsidized by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. For the remaining 5%, we were able to apply part of the technology, i.e. $700 to $800,000 that we were able to put into this project, so there remained $300,000 to $400,000 which was at the responsibility of the Municipality, continued the mayor.

A program in place

Anse-Saint-Jean now has a compliant wastewater treatment system, but this is not the case everywhere in Quebec. The provincial government ensures that programs exist.

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The mayor of L’Anse-Saint-Jean, Richard Perron, the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Andrée Laforest, and the MP for Dubuc, François Tremblay, took part in the press conference.

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We still have 2.4 billion that we have just invested in the PRIMEAU program, for all municipalities in Quebec. Then, we say, it is essential to work and improve our municipal water infrastructure and wastewater treatment plants too. I am very lucky because I see that municipalities now understand the priority of climate change, said Minister Andrée Laforest, also MP for Chicoutimi-Nord.

According to the latest data, 77 municipalities in Quebec were still dumping their wastewater into the environment last June.