Thirty-two-and-a-half thousand beds cut in Italian hospitals in two years. Scientific societies warn: "Care for all at risk"

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Healthcare collapsed, 32 thousand beds cut in two years, and doctors fleeing public hospitals: "Care for all at risk."

Health in decline, fewer beds and doctors on the run. A situation that has been reported for a long time and that, over time, gets filled with alarming figures. The latest data has spread to 75 Italian Hospital and University Scientific Societies (FoSSC). In two years, from 2020 to 2022, 32,500 beds were cut in all Italian hospitals, and between 2019 and 2022, more than 11,000 doctors left public facilities. And yet, in ten years, 95 hospitals w…