Milan, 22 January (LaPresse) – ‘Yesterday, the first girl was transferred from Niguarda to Cesena hospital to be closer to her family. In the next few days, if the clinical picture continues to improve, it will be possible to discharge some of the young people who have been hospitalised’. This was stated by the Lombardy Region Welfare Councillor, Guido Bertolaso, regarding the condition of the young people involved in the fire in Crans-Montana who are hospitalised at Niguarda in Milan. ‘From the very first minute, our commitment has been daily and constant: we are following and treating them as if they were our children or, as far as I am concerned, grandchildren,’ continues Bertolaso. ‘We are receiving extraordinary responses from them,’ continued the councillor, ‘and our hospital system is once again demonstrating its quality, effectiveness and great humanity. The treatment programmes remain complex and long-term and involve further stages of monitoring and prevention, which will continue in the coming weeks.’ ‘The goal,’ concludes the councillor, ‘is to soon be able to say that everyone is finally out of danger. We cannot say this yet, but we are on the right track. Even in these circumstances, the Lombardy Region's healthcare system is giving its best, focusing on the protection and care of its young people.’