"There's nothing exceptional about it. This is the work that my colleagues and I do every day". Well, hearing from a female anesthesiologist (they are quite rare in this specialty, ed. note) who saved a 16-year-old girl, gives you chills. These are the words that Silvia Orazio, from Bavaria di Nervesa della Battaglia, released in a video to the Ulss2 Treviso website.

On Sunday she was bathing her dog, in a quiet afternoon off, when the sound of sirens made her realize that something serious had just happened. Not far from her home, Elena Miglioranza, 16 years old, a young cycling prospect, had been the victim of a devastating fall during the race that finished in Arcade, counting towards the Veneto regional championship in the Junior Women category. The serious accident occurred just short of the finish line. Elena fell and lost consciousness.

Dr. Silvia Orazio, an anesthetist with the Suem emergency service in Treviso, together with her husband, a nurse, immediately rushed to the scene. While waiting for colleagues to arrive, they managed the emergency: they performed the first maneuvers to stabilize the young patient and, once the air ambulance arrived, the doctor proceeded to intubate the girl, preventing the trauma from evolving into something more serious. Elena's father said: "If my daughter is alive, it's thanks to that doctor".

Words that tell the story of a gesture born from the instinct of someone who chose to care for others. A gesture that testifies to the professionalism, generosity, and dedication of doctors and nurses, ready to intervene to save a life even when they are off duty. "When Elena has recovered, there will also be a meeting with her father Andrea," says Dr. Silvia Orazio with the simplicity of someone who has simply done her normal job.

Elena, the 16-year-old young cyclist admitted to Ca' Foncello Hospital in Treviso after the serious accident, remains hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit at Ca' Foncello Hospital in Treviso, intubated and sedated. The magnetic resonance imaging she will undergo today will serve to assess any injuries to the cervical vertebrae. In recent days she was briefly awakened and responded positively, a sign that fuels hope. Her father Andrea is president of La Sorgente di Pradipozzo in the province of Venice, a team from which many champions have emerged, such as Renato Piccolo, who turned professional from 1985 to 1989: he won the 1987 Giro di Toscana.