I like the mayor’s style.
{ A small Italian village has banned its residents from becoming seriously ill.
People living in Belcastro “are … ordered to avoid contracting any illness that may require emergency medical assistance,” a decree from local Mayor Antonio Torchia states.
Belcastro sits in the southern region of Calabria …
…The sparsely populated region of Calabria - the tip of Italy’s boot - is one of the country’s poorest…
As part of the decree, residents have also been ordered “not to engage in behaviours that may be harmful and to avoid domestic accidents”, and “not to leave the house too often, travel or practise sports, and to [instead] rest for the majority of the time”.
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The nearest A&E (Accident & Emergency facility) is 45km away on roads with 30km/hr speed limit. (28 miles away; 18mph)
{ The village’s on-call doctor surgery is also only open sporadically and offers no cover during weekends, holidays or after hours*.
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“He has used a provocative decree to attract attention on a serious problem,” one man said.}
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