Free Republic

A small Italian village has banned its residents from becoming seriously ill. People living in Belcastro "are ... ordered to avoid contracting any illness that may require emergency medical assistance," a decree from local Mayor Antonio Torchia states. The village's on-call doctor surgery is also only open sporadically and offers no cover during weekends, holidays or after hours. As part of the decree, residents have also been ordered "not to engage in behaviours that may be harmful and to avoid domestic accidents", and "not to leave the house too often, travel or practise sports, and to [instead] rest for the...