"Help us find the relatives of Covid victims to be able to return the personal items of their loved ones".
This is the touching appeal of the Piacenza Ausl relaunched this morning by the newspaper Libertà.
These are dozens of wedding rings, but also wallets, chains, crucifixes, medals and various types of objects, even of value, which in the most dramatic months of the pandemic remained in hospitals after the death of the owners, mostly victims with Covid. -19.
Objects and accessories that relatives have never collected.
To start the 'investigations' necessary for the return, the Ausl has even created
an ad hoc team
, coordinated by Gabriella Di Girolamo (manager of the health professions in the territorial area).
"Delivering these goods to relatives proved to be a very touching moment but also a tiring and painful operation - explains Di Girolamo to the Piacenza newspaper - On the other hand, that of not eliminating the bags with personal clothing and even less personal effects was an ethical choice first and foremost. There are people to whom it gave comfort to have back even just their mother's nightgown to keep a memory of it ".