(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 18 - "Within the 'Sostegnibis' decree, approximately 500 million euros are earmarked for the relaunch of the waiting list recovery plan, to regain land on health services not provided or postponed due to the pandemic. fronts to which the resources are destined: the recovery of hospitalization services for acute cases in the elective regime and that of outpatient specialist services. " This is what the Ansa learns about the content of the 'Sostegni bis' decree law which will be examined by the Council of Ministers.
A little less than twenty million euros are instead destined for the extraordinary recruitment of psychologists in the territory: "with these resources - it reads - ASL and other NHS bodies will be able to strengthen the psychological assistance services for children and adolescents who have developed forms of discomfort and psychological malaise, later on to the Covid-19 pandemic and to provide psychological services, including at home, to citizens and health workers ".
Finally, with a loan of five million and 800 thousand euros, the systematic surveillance activity of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants in wastewater is established, which will be carried out by the Ministry of Health and the ISS, with the support of the Regions and Autonomous Provinces. . The aim is to make greater use of this new source of independent information on the spread of the virus, to provide useful elements for decision-making processes on public health, as also recommended by the EU Commission. (HANDLE).