NPR: Italian health care https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=818001728 Italian health care en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:14:05 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Italian health care https://www.npr.org/tags/818001728/italian-health-care A public mental health model in Italy earns global praise. Now it faces its demise Trieste has a reputed approach to bringing people with mental illnesses out of hospitals and into the community. Now the region's hard-right politicians are breaking the system apart. Wed, 24 Nov 2021 05:11:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2021/11/24/1058794582/public-mental-health-care-illnesses-italy-trieste https://www.npr.org/2021/11/24/1058794582/public-mental-health-care-illnesses-italy-trieste

Trieste has a reputed approach to bringing people with mental illnesses out of hospitals and into the community. Now the region's hard-right politicians are breaking the system apart.

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]]> Sylvia Poggioli 'Every Single Individual Must Stay Home': Italy's Coronavirus Surge Strains Hospitals The country has universal health care. But now, fighting tens of thousands of coronavirus cases, Italian hospitals and medical staff are overwhelmed, prompting anguished debate. Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:59:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/817974987/every-single-individual-must-stay-home-italy-s-coronavirus-deaths-pass-china-s https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/817974987/every-single-individual-must-stay-home-italy-s-coronavirus-deaths-pass-china-s The country has universal health care. But now, fighting tens of thousands of coronavirus cases, Italian hospitals and medical staff are overwhelmed, prompting anguished debate.

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