Mantovani, in healthcare Italy is not a country for the rich. "I want to continue living in a country where a person, if they get sick, only has to worry about getting well.
Not about how much their treatment costs, or what to do when their insurance expires" "Today medical students are much better prepared than when I was a student. Perhaps, however, we are not able to convey the vocational component of this profession well," he says. "We need a more appropriate use of tests and drugs, starting with antibiotics," he adds.