Beja: Patient discharged from Évora Hospital, "Ignored" by the Director of Clinical ULSBA.
Joaquim Bladder, resident in Beja, is almost 10 months hospitalized at Évora Hospital, where there is high clinical 4 months to be able to be treated at home. Direction Clinic ULSBA has not given the necessary response to the situation.
A patient admitted to the Hospital of the Holy Spirit of Évora (HESE) and medical discharge for at least 4 months, waiting for the Clinical Director of the Hospital de Beja / Local Unit of the Lower Alentejo Health (ULSBA) assume the provision of medical care, to be transferred to his residence, in low-Alentejo capital.
Bladder Joaquim Rosa, 48 year old, specialist telecommunications technician and volunteer of Beja Fire, boarding is not HESE from 11 July 2017, After having been diagnosed with a bowel obstruction not specified and having undergone surgery for the placement of a central catheter chest, where receiving parenteral nutrition (liquid).
The patient is occupying a bed in Évora Hospital, when I could be in your home, when long has high clinical. The Evora Hospital provided training to Pharmaceutical Services and Nutrition and Home Support Team counterpart Beja, but Joaquim bladder remains "tied" to the hospital bed and "prevented" to be home.
"I'm not stuck in jail, but in a hospital, away from my children and my mother. Have I been worth the dedication, humanism and professionalism of doctors, Évora nurses and hospital aides ", says sorry, but recognized.
On 11 April, the Lidador News (LN) You sent emails to Board of Directors (CA) the ULSBA and HESE to request information about a patient's condition. A first response of the AC ULSBA reported that "the direction Clinic (led medical hair Jose Anibal) is not aware of the case ".
In turn, the HSE's response left no doubt about who has "tied up" the process and revealed "disinterest" by the patient. The unit explained that "perspetivando high patient and the need to maintain support, in the patient's home, He organized the logistics that will allow the same after discharge ", justify.
As the residence Hospital Joaquim bladder is Beja (ULSBA), the HESE "made contact in order to plan your transfer and the appropriate treatment on an outpatient", adding that given the complexity of the case "was necessary to form the support team ULSBA".
The administration of HESE is adamant when he says that the patient "has prepared clinical high and is awaiting information ULSBA for the date and location of the patient transfer", ensuring that it will continue to be followed in the Outpatient "having already established the necessary multidisciplinary joint", ends.
Given these answers Évora, which put in question the procedures of congener Beja, last day 16 April, it was requested, with urgent character, a meeting with the administration of ULSBA, to clarify the whole situation.
Instead of meeting, the next day sent a clarification that contradicts the first version of "ignorance of the case". In the document are "confirmed" contacts with the HESE for the "articulation of different services", pointing out that the ULSBA "does not have" the specialty Gastroentrologia, "Reiterating" its concern at the case of the patient and that "everything will", with the collaboration of HESE, to provide "adequate care, in a very short period of time ", Remata.
Meanwhile Joaquim Bladder account desperately the hours they spend. "My mother comes from Beja to Evora almost every day. Or comes in the Express or firefighters give you a ride ", lamenting the fact of feeling "abandoned by the hospital of my land".
Last day 3 May, LN asked again to ULSBA "which the status of" on the case of the patient Joaquim Bladder, request that had no answer. Between the two questions posed to the health facility, LN found that the Clinical Director, José Aníbal, It was on vacation and it continued in "bath".
Joaquim bladder revealed that the daily conversations with who comes and watches, You know that HESE sent Beja "clinical reports and power, in addition to the cost data, because of power ", stating "not notice" the reason of obstacles, but every day "dream see the castle of Beja", finished.
FILE (Who is who)
Joaquim Sailor Bladder Rosa, 48 year old, divorced, father of three, a boy of 25 years and two girls, of 9 and 15 year old. Telecommunications Technical Specialist and volunteer of Beja Fire, He was admitted to the Hospital of the Holy Spirit of Évora, in 11 July 2017, with Intestinal Obstruction Not Specified, having 22 December undergone surgery for placement of a central catheter chest, where receiving parenteral nutrition (liquid).
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
