(ANSA) - PERUGIA, 11 FEB - "This is not the time for polemics and divisions. Even the world of politics is called to find itself united in facing the epochal emergency": thus Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, president of the CEI and archbishop of Perugia in a message to the diocesan community on the occasion of the World Day of the Sick.
Dedicated to issues related to the pandemic.
"It is the world of healthcare that we look upon with admiration and anticipation", underlined Bassetti in the letter.
"We understand - he continued - the difficulties in the midst of which doctors and their collaborators operate; many are paying with infection and quarantine, some even with life, fidelity to their duty. And the strength seems to be failing. I join, therefore. , in the voice of those who call for the help of doctors from other Italian regions, who are currently less oppressed by the spread of the virus. The bureaucracy does not stop the launch of generosity. Grateful to those who spend every day to save the lives of so many brothers and sisters, rediscover the profound meaning of solidarity ".
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