Milan, 19 February (LaPresse) – ‘The children are out of danger but many of them are still in very serious condition.’ This was stated by Guido Bertolaso, Welfare Councillor for the Lombardy Region, during the presentation of the Rosa Camuna award to the personnel who responded to the New Year's Eve fire in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. ‘It's not that they've recovered, we must thank our doctors for what they are doing and still have to do,’ he said. ‘For some of these young people, the road ahead will still be difficult, full of obstacles, with ups and downs and moments of concern.’ ‘We need to work on the young people's skin, but also on their lungs, which are being treated by two different teams, and then there is also psychological intervention,’ he emphasised. ‘They are all conscious, but they understand that for some of them it will still take months before they can leave the hospital, and every day we have to accompany them on this very difficult journey. Today we are still in the middle of a complicated transition.’ As for discharge, for some of the patients, ‘the most serious ones, it will take months, while for others it is a matter of a few weeks.’ The councillor pointed out that ‘the person who gave our children the most courage was Sergio Mattarella.’ ‘When he came, he asked to visit the children even after seeing the doctors and parents. For them, it was the best medicine,’ he concluded.