When a doctor retires… Marina di Pisa thanks Dr. Barsantini – L’Arno.it
The Barsantini in Marina di Pisa and throughout the Pisan coast is synonymous with family doctor. First Osvaldo, together with other historical “led” doctors, who became family doctors in 1978, and then Stefano who in these days has closed the working season. “During the Holy Mass at 6 pm on Saturday 5th February we will thank Dr. Stefano Barsantini for the work done for our community in Marina di Pisa and throughout the Pisan coast”. With this beautiful idea and with these words the parish priest, Fr Messias Barsella, invited to greet Dr. Barsantini, general practitioner, who was able to collect his father’s legacy and be appreciated for his professional and human skills. The church was packed with patients, friends, colleagues. Also present were the doctor’s wife, children and relatives. Even the mayor of Pisa, Michele Conti, wanted to be present and bring his greetings, recalling how precious the work of general practitioners is and how much it has been put to the test in these years of pandemic.
In greeting and thanking all those who attended the celebration, Barsantini underlined together the difficulties of this period, the many satisfactions he had in his years of work: to see generations that he had the opportunity to follow and care for, not forgetting the many occasions of pain. and impotence in the face of diseases with an inexorable outcome, but that the doctor needs the proximity and attention indispensable to accompany the patient during the last days of life.
The president of the Acli Don Bosco in Marina di Pisa, Pietro Magli, also wanted to greet and thank his friend, the collaborator, who in the many evenings organized by addressing many topics of medical interest brought renowned professionals from our city to Marina. And Barsantini will also continue to be a point of reference for the cultural initiatives of the Pisan coast, “first of all – Pietro Magli abandoned – the celebration of important anniversaries such as the laying of the first stone of the Church of Mary Help of Christians and the seventy years of the Acli Don Club Woods”.
Do not forget the sports Barsantini, one of the founding members of the Marina Tennis Club and the politician, for many years at the helm of District 1. During the homily, the parish priest connected the Gospel passage dedicated to the call of Peter with the call of each of us and especially of those who face, in their life, what is not only a profession, but also a mission, that of the doctor who puts dedication, passion and commitment into it. The municipal councilors and friends of Dr. Barsantini, Virginia Mancini and Francesco Niccolai.
Andrea Bartelloni