Rome, 24 Sept. (LaPresse) – “For the first time, the Government has recognised the regions’ authority to legislate on the issue of medically assisted suicide, and this is a significant development. By recognising the regions’ authority, it is in fact indirectly admitting the parliamentary majority’s grave failure to enact a national law.” So said the President of the Region, Michele de Pascale, commenting on the Council of Ministers’ decision to challenge the Emilia-Romagna law on medically assisted suicide. “As always in our discussions with the Government in recent days, we had shown the utmost willingness to address certain detailed points raised by the Government itself, even though we did not fully agree with them on the merits; but, as has often been the case, the desire to provoke an institutional clash prevailed, leading to a challenge, unlike previous challenges, on matters of purely technical legal detail that in no way touch upon the substance of the protection of rights and the individual,” continued de Pascale. “Some unsigned sources from Palazzo Chigi have even called into question the quality of the palliative care system in the Emilia-Romagna Region, offending the professionals who are committed to this work on the ground every day. As for our healthcare system, I am ready at any time for a direct discussion with the Prime Minister to show her what is happening and how palliative care is delivered in our region. I would point out that we have not only met but actually exceeded the PNRR target, having also introduced paediatric palliative care. These results rightly place our region amongst the best in Italy in terms of the quality of care provided,” concludes the Governor.
End-of-life care, de Pascale: “The challenge is a political clash over minor details”
Rome, 24 Sept. (LaPresse) – “For the first time, the Government has recognised the regions’ authority to legislate on the issue of medically assisted suicide, and this is a significant development. By recognising the regions’ authority, it is in fact indirectly admitting the parliamentary majority’s grave failure to enact a national law.” So said the President of the Region, Michele de Pascale, commenting on the Council of Ministers’ decision to challenge the Emilia-Romagna law on medically assisted suicide. “As always in our discussions with the Government in recent days, we had shown the utmost willingness to address certain detailed points raised by the Government itself, even though we did not fully agree with them on the merits; but, as has often been the case, the desire to provoke an institutional clash prevailed, leading to a challenge, unlike previous challenges, on matters of purely technical legal detail that in no way touch upon the substance of the protection of rights and the individual,” continued de Pascale. “Some unsigned sources from Palazzo Chigi have even called into question the quality of the palliative care system in the Emilia-Romagna Region, offending the professionals who are committed to this work on the ground every day. As for our healthcare system, I am ready at any time for a direct discussion with the Prime Minister to show her what is happening and how palliative care is delivered in our region. I would point out that we have not only met but actually exceeded the PNRR target, having also introduced paediatric palliative care. These results rightly place our region amongst the best in Italy in terms of the quality of care provided,” concludes the Governor.