The ceremony for the delivery of the honors of Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, conferred "motu proprio" by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, on 3 June last, to a group of citizens took place at the Palazzo del Quirinale. of different roles, professions and geographic origins, which have particularly distinguished themselves in community service during the coronavirus emergency.
The awards, attributed to individuals, symbolically represent the unanimous commitment of many of our fellow citizens in the name of solidarity and constitutional values.
The ceremony, conducted by Mia Ceran, was opened by the projection of a film made by Rai Cultura and the intervention of President Mattarella.
This is what we read in a note from the Quirinale.
Here is the list of the honored: Annalisa Malara and Laura Ricevuti, respectively, anesthetist of Lodi and doctor of the medical department of Codogno, are the first to have treated the Italian patient 1.
Maurizio Cecconi, professor of anesthesia and intensive care at the Humanitas University of Milan, has been defined by Jama (the newspaper of American doctors) one of the three world heroes of the pandemic.
Mariateresa Gallea, Paolo Simonato, Luca Sostini are the three family doctors from Padua who voluntarily went to the red zone to replace Vo 'Euganeo's colleagues who had been quarantined.
Don Fabio Stevenazzi of the board of the San Cristoforo Pastoral Community of Gallarate (VA) has returned to be a doctor at the Hospital of Busto Arsizio.
Fabiano Di Marco, head of pulmonology at the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo, told about the tragic situation of the city and the hospital.
Monica Bettoni, former senator and Undersecretary for Health, retired doctor, has decided to return to the ward in Parma.
Elena Pagliarini is the Cremona nurse portrayed in the photo that has become a symbol of the coronavirus emergency.
Positive, she recovered.
Marina Vanzetta, operator of the 118 of Verona, rescued an elderly woman and was close to her until her death.
Giovanni Moresi, emergency driver of Piacenza Soccorso 118, offered a testimony of the role of the emergency drivers of 118.
Beniamino Laterza, employed at the "Vis Spa" security institute and serves in the Moscati hospital in Taranto, Covid garrison.
The Team at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani in Rome - structure of excellence in public health includes: Maria Rosaria Capobianchi, head of the team that helped isolate the virus.
Concetta Castilletti, head of the Emerging Viruses Unit.
Francesca Colavita, Fabrizio Carletti, Antonino Di Caro, Licia Bordi, Eleonora Lalle, Daniele Lapa, Giulia Matusali, biologists.
In the research team of the Sacco hospital and the University of Milan, centers of excellence in the national health and research system: Claudia Balotta at the head of the team, now retired.
In 2003 he isolated the SARS virus.
Gianguglielmo Zehender, associate professor.
Arianna Gabrieli, Annalisa Bergna, Alessia Lai, Maciej Stanislaw Tarkowski researchers.
Ettore Cannabona, Commander of the Carabinieri Station of Altavilla Milicia (Palermo), donated his entire monthly salary to charity.
Bruno Crosato, representing the Alpine troops of the Veneto Civil Protection who restored 5 disused hospitals in the region in record time.
Mata Maxime Esuite Mbandà, player for the Zebra Rugby Club and for the Italian national team, volunteer on ambulances for the Seirs Croce Gialla Association of Parma (not present at the ceremony).
Marco Buono and Yvette Batantu Yanzege of the Riccione Red Cross responded to the appeal from Lombardy asking for help from doctors and personnel with ambulances.
Renato Favero and Cristian Fracassi, the doctor who had the idea of adapting a snorkeling mask for health purposes and the engineer who made it.
Concetta D'Isanto, cleaner in a Milanese hospital.
He is part of that group of workers who have allowed health facilities to move forward during the emergency.
Giuseppe Maestri, a pharmacist in Codogno, traveled 100 km every day to go to the full red zone.
Rosa Maria Lucchetti, cashier at Ipercoop Mirafiore in Pesaro, left a letter to the 118 operators, also giving them three prepaid cards of 250 euros.
Ambrogio Iacono, teacher at the "Vincenzo Telese" hotel professional institute in Ischia.
Positivo, hospitalized at Rizzoli di Lacco Ameno, continued to teach at a distance during the days in hospital.
Daniela Lo Verde.
Dean of the "Giovanni Falcone" institute in the Zen district of Palermo, he launched a fundraising campaign to donate food shopping to some families in difficulty.
His appeal to
recover PCs and tablets to allow his students to follow the lessons at a distance.
Cristina Avancini, the teacher from Vicenza who, despite the expired contract, did not interrupt the video lessons with her students.
Francesca Leschiutta, nursing coordinator of the nursing home of the Parish of San Vito al Tagliamento (PN) who, together with the other employees, stayed in the structure to protect the elderly
guests.
Pietro Terragni, an entrepreneur from Bellusco (Monza and Brianza), following the death of an employee, Erminio Misani, who left his wife and three children, hired his wife Michela Arlati.
Riccardo Emanuele Tiritiello, student of the Paolo Frisi Institute in Milan.
With their father and grandfather they cooked for free for the doctors and nurses of the Sacco hospital.
Francesco Pepe, when he had to close his restaurant in Caiazzo di Caserta, prepared pizzas and biscuits for the poor and the elderly in difficulty, organizing a fundraiser for the Caserta hospital.
Irene Coppola made thousands of masks at her own expense.
He helped an association for the deaf by inventing a transparent mask for reading the lips.
Alessandro Bellantoni with his own taxi made a free ride of 1,300 km to bring a three-year-old girl from Vibo Valentia to the Bambin Gesù hospital in Rome for an oncological check-up.
Mahmoud Lutfi Ghuniem, in Italy since 2012, is a rider.
He presented himself to the Red Cross of Turin with a stock of a thousand masks purchased from his own pocket.
Daniele La Spina Representing the young people of Grugliasco at the service of the city of Turin who have brought basic necessities to those in need, in particular to the elderly alone.
Giacomo Pigni, Auser Ticino-Olona volunteer, involved about twenty students who started making listening calls to give company to lonely people.
Pietro Floreno, who has been suffering from ALS for over ten years, has announced that he wants to make his spare lung ventilator (not present at the ceremony) available to the ASL for coronavirus patients.
Maurizio Magli, representing the 30 workers of Tenaris in Dalmine who, when the order for the production of 5 thousand cylinders arrived in the shortest possible time, voluntarily continued to
work.
Greta Stella, professional photographer, volunteer at the Red Cross of Loano (Savona), has created a photographic account of the daily activity of the volunteers.
Giorgia Depaoli, international cooperator and is dedicated in particular to the defense of women's rights.
He immediately gave his availability to the "Trento helps you" platform.
Carlo Olmo, contributed in providing free masks, gloves and gowns to the municipalities and health facilities of Piedmont.
Maria Sara Feliciangeli, founder of the Angeli in Moto Association, together with her motorcyclist friends is committed to delivering medicines at home to people with multiple sclerosis.
