Venice, the mayor Luigi Brugnaro after hospitalization: “I was talking about politics, then darkness for two days”
Were you afraid?
“When I was twenty my dad died after seeing the car as it was, it’s not the first time I’ve experienced similar situations. When you see great professionalism and commitment, don’t worry. And then I speak with others more powerful than me, for example with One who watch over me day and night ».
I guess he’s referring to God. Did he pray?
“Yes, I always pray, more than anything else. We are all part of a divine plan that we do not know, we must behave well and abandon”.
Do you remember anything from that evening at the restaurant?
“Little. My life is special, I have many commitments, I was also fasting, drinking only water, as I do every year in this period for about ten days. I had reached the seventh, probably fatigue, maybe something else, in the end I don’t remember anything anymore, they brought me to resuscitation and intubated. I remember something of the last sentences, then the emptiness until I woke up ».
And if his collaborators said it right, he immediately called the operations room in Venice.
(smiles). “I didn’t know where the cell phone was, I had the operations room called to find out where the glasses were. I was still a bit stunned, they said to me: “Wake up, wake up” ».
He has had time to reflect during this time.
“But there is also time when you work, I didn’t experience a particularly different period than usual”.
From what he also wrote on Twitter, he has many displays of affection.
“Lots of it, it was really nice. Here we say that those who praise themselves dribble, but there are many people who love me and these are things that give you satisfaction: it does honor to me and to those who trusted me. Time is the most severe judge. Do you think that the two Ukrainian mothers I host at home were worried about my health, they who escaped from the war, I think of me: it is really true that you get close to them “.
Any particular message?
«Many messages, but I keep them to myself, I think it is not appropriate to mention them. I resented people I hadn’t heard of for a long time, like my university mates …. ».
In the end he couldn’t wait to go home …
«Look, I have to thank everyone, we have extraordinary health. Doctors are still worried about Covid, in the end we told ourselves how we lived these two years of pandemic. Doctors and nurses are exhausted, they have also experienced absurd situations, I know how I have spent these years always facing the emergency at the forefront ».
They say he also worked from the hospital.
«I was connected all right, I was driving the cameras in the control room to see in detail what was happening».
In recent days, her collaborators have confessed that the difficulty will be to keep her a little more in check than before.
“The organization today is much more autonomous than before, the goal is that one person is no longer needed to motivate. In these days everything has gone on, even without me, they have been overwhelmed by greater responsibilities, but the result has been excellent ».
Did you convert to a long beard too?
“I didn’t have the opportunity to do it in the hospital, and I kept it at home. But in a while I will cut it, the boat is ready and the sun is shining … ».
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April 8, 2022 (change April 8, 2022 | 08:15)
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