Mattarella: Italy grateful to those on the front line, investing in the health system
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February 20, 2021 "This has been a cursed, very difficult and unprecedented year that has upset us all."
This was said by the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, during the ceremony in Rome at the headquarters of the National Federation of Medical Orders, on the occasion of the first National Day of Healthcare Workers.
The day is celebrated today one year after the news of the first Covid patient in Italy identified in Codogno.
"On behalf of the government I want to say thanks to those who have done their part to the end, to those who fought with great difficulty, to those who have never failed to do their utmost to tackle this virus, in a challenge
that today sees us more stronger than before ".
Hope said.
"In this terrible year we have crossed strength in our National Health System - he added - The idea that in the face of the right to health it does not matter how much money you have or the color of your skin, but the right to be treated does. great flag of our civilization ".
"A year after the start of the pandemic when I returned to the civil protection headquarters a few days ago, I saw that the situation has changed a lot: we have vaccines and treatments but the battle is not over, we must not think about to have won, "said the health minister.
"Today we can look to the future with confidence - added Speranza - so the final message I want to give is that the country must unite, following the warning of the President of the Republic who also addressed us this morning. The national health service is the affirmation of the right to health, is the first brick to build the future of the country ".
"The vaccine must be a right of all and not a privilege of a few, we must fight for it to be free".
Hope said.