SERRAPETRONA- An avalanche of reactions of solidarity has overwhelmed us in the last few hours Fabrizio Gentilithe professor of the Galilei scientific high school in Macerata forced into a wheelchair after taking an antibiotic to treat a urinary tract infection. His story quickly spread across the web and many offered to help the forty-eight year old from Serrapetrona, but resident in Tolentino since the 2016 earthquake.
INSIGHTS
The story
«I am recovering all the messages and comments that have arrived in recent days – says Gentili – beyond the media echo and the tom tam between newspapers, TV and radio and the many people who have shown me solidarity and whom I thank from the bottom of my heart, Many doctors and lawyers also contacted me. I started lining up all this mass of contacts to understand if there are new paths I can take for my situation, but I’m happy about one thing: having shone a spotlight on a condition that many people experience. Then if a solution is found for me, all the better: in these days some doctors will visit me who, having known my history, have offered to try to help me.” In addition to the health front, something has also moved on the legal one. «A lawyer from Macerata contacted me to understand if some type of appeal could be brought – continues the teacher – in the past I had only reported my situation to AIFA, the Italian Medicines Agency, but without receiving any response. I would like to try to take legal action, but the costs are exorbitant and the road seems very difficult.” Fabrizio’s post on Facebook, published on New Year’s Eve, which started it all, was a liberation. “I hadn’t been on social media for a year and a half, I rejected them – and it’s surprising if this is said by a person who had also created a YouTube channel to share his experiments and works – it certainly did me good to free myself from this block” .
The numbers
«As a mathematician that I am – continues Gentili – I did the math: my post on Facebook has over two thousand shares, to these are added the articles, services and so on, so I believe that my message reached 2-300 thousand people. I wanted other people to avoid experiencing my tragedy, I hope I did it this way.” Among the many who shared his story, the Macerata city councilor Stefania Monteverde, Gentili’s colleague at the Galilei high school, but also the Tolentino city councilor Alessia Pupo and the Tolentino city councilor Silvia Luconi. And then many students, their parents but also simple strangers affected by his touching story.
2024-01-04 02:55:02
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