In the municipality of Aljustrel, at this time, practically one in three people do not have access to a family doctor. City supports medical care 24 hours a day in Aljustrel.
The executive of the Aljustrel City Council, from the start, assumed that Health would be one of the priorities of his mandate, particularly in the post-pandemic moment we are experiencing, which came to highlight even more the deficiencies that were already verified, long time, at the level of health services in the territory. This situation has been worsening with the departure, for various reasons, of several doctors who provided general and family medicine services in the county.
It was precisely these and other concerns that the mayor of Aljustrel, Carlos Teles, had the opportunity to convey to the President of the Local Health Unit of Baixo Alentejo, in a meeting held today.
The Municipality of Aljustrel defends medical care 24 hours a day in Aljustrel, exam services in operation and a Health Center and Health Extensions equipped with human and technical resources that respond to the needs of the populations, not forcing them to move to solve problems that could be solved in their own localities.
The municipality requires, particularly, that every inhabitant of the municipality has access to a family doctor. It is unacceptable that this does not happen and it is particularly serious that the number of inhabitants without family doctor coverage, in Aljustrel and in the parishes, you have, inclusive, increased exponentially in recent times. In the municipality of Aljustrel, at this time, practically one in three people do not have access to a family doctor.
The Municipality of Aljustrel is already doing its part and, inclusive, The Project for the Municipal Regulation to Support the Settlement of Doctors in the Municipality of Aljustrel is already under public discussion, which provides for the attribution of support for the acquisition and rental of housing and the travel of doctors in the municipality.
requested, yet, today, a meeting, matter of urgency, to the Ministry of Health, de modo a, together with guardianship, find the solutions that best serve the interests of the inhabitants of the Municipality of Aljustrel.
The Municipality of Aljustrel wants to be part of the solutions and, in this matter, which is of the utmost importance, does not give up on being an attentive and committed partner.
