Lombardy Governor Attilio
Fondana hit back hard on Tuesday after Premier Giuseppe Conte
said that the failure of a hospital, presumably in the northern
region, to follow the proper procedure contributed to the spread
of the coronavirus.
"There was a hotspot and it spread from there in part due to
the management of a hospital that was not done entirely
according to the prudent protocols that are recommended in these
cases," Conte said.
"This contributed to the spread".
"I hope this is a slip of the tongue that came out without
him realising," Fontana told RAI radio.
"Otherwise it means the government is starting to spin out of
control.
"The comments are groundless and unacceptable".
Lombardy Welfare Chief Giulio Gallera went even further.
"It was unacceptable comment from an ignorant person because
he is ignorant of what the protocols set by the Higher Health
Institute (ISS) were," Gallera said.
"We have slavishly following what the ISS decided and the
(health) ministry's guidelines".
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