Tormentone flu shots, doctors over 65: "Come back in seven days"

Many requests and long waits. There are already 45,000 citizens of caucus origin who have been vaccinated free of charge against the flu. More than 65 years old have the right to introduce themselves by their family doctor: more than 31 000 nell 'Asl Cn1, 13 000 others in Cn2 (the data come from the portal where primary care doctors record the number of people immunized ).

Souvenir at home

But the distribution continues to be irregular, with inconvenience for delayed patients of several days, throughout Piedmont. Since the start of the vaccination campaign (13 November), GPs have received two slices of supplies, each for 250 vaccines. In some cases, they were sold in a few hours. Yesterday, wholesalers received an additional 80,000 doses for the whole of Piedmont (in the region of Cuneo, they arrive in Fossano) and today doctors will be supplied by pharmacies on the basis of an agreement in force for three years.

UNION

The provincial union of general practitioners, Fimmg, protests: "Do not be surprised if the vaccination campaign will be a failure.The budget was insufficient, perhaps calculated on the historical demand while the population is more and more informed and invited to raise the level of vaccination even with sensitization campaigns.The distribution mechanism is revealed misleading, not because of pharmacists, but for delayed and conditional deliveries.

In a note, the regional health department wrote: "This year, the demand for influenza has increased sharply.The advisor has supplemented the amount originally planned to respond to requests.The reported delays are attributable to the high demand for vaccine quadrivalent, not only in Piedmont, but also in other regions The manufacturer (the French multinational Sanofi Pasteur, eds.) Apologized for the delays, indicating that the complexity and duration of the production process of the influenza vaccine, Even in terms of safety and quality control, it was not always possible to respond to large production increases in time, and the company explained that unforeseen delays could occur in deliveries. "