An innovative approach to promote awareness and prevention of heart failure in the population.
The AISC (Italian Association of Cardiac Compensation) mobile clinic, with medical and nursing staff on board, will stop at the hospital facilities of the Asl of Frosinone to carry out free preliminary visits and tests for the diagnosis and prevention of heart failure as well as diagnostic tests for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and to distribute information material.
Heart failure is caused by the inability of the heart to perform its normal pump function and to ensure proper blood supply to all organs. It is not always easily diagnosed: in the early stage, in fact, the disease can be asymptomatic. That’s why prevention is essential.
The stages
The motorhome will be present on the following days:
- Wednesday, May 4 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Fabrizio Spaziani Hospital in Frosinone, in vi Armando Fabi;
- Thursday, May 5, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Santa Scolastica Hospital in Cassino, in Via S. Pasquale;
- Friday 6 May from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm at the Santissima Trinità di Sora Hospital, in San Marciano.
The project is financed by the Lazio Region with state resources from the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies on the basis of the 2017 Programme Agreement for the support of initiatives and projects of local relevance by voluntary organizations and social promotion associations, in implementation of articles 72 and 73 of Legislative Decree no. 117/2017.
The objective is to promote information on heart failure among the population, to increase awareness of the disease and ensure its best prevention, as well as to perform an educational function aimed at developing the ability to recognize the disease and follow the correct treatments to improve the quality of life of patients.
Who can access
The initiative is aimed at patients, caregivers, elderly people, frail people with chronic diseases at risk of heart failure and citizens of all ages who are interested in learning more about the pathology of heart failure. Participation is free of charge.
The words of the General Manager Dr. Pierpaola D’Alessandro
“We wanted to give a strong signal in the post-state of emergency, first opening, for a month, clinics for women’s prevention, then dedicating the whole of May to melanoma prevention and mammographic screening, now cardiological prevention. We will always continue with this method, focusing strongly on prevention, on the culture of a conscious lifestyle, on in-depth knowledge of the problems, to really improve the health status of the population. On these aspects, the ASL has never stopped for a single moment”.
