Beja: obstetricians 'species' endangered in Hospital.
The Local Unit of Health of Alentejo caught the fifth closure of Emergency Gynecology / Obstetrics Beja Hospital with the use of physician by way of provision of services. Ministry of Health stated that response to the shortage of doctors “It should be given by hospital”.
To address the shortage of doctors fifth, from the beginning of the year, specialty of Obstetrics / Gynecology at the Hospital José Joaquim Fernandes, in Beja, scheduled to start yesterday at 18,00 and up to 08,00 pm today, the Board of Directors (CA) the Local Health Unit of Baixo Alentejo (ULSBA) resorted to a doctor under contract to provide services.
From the reply of the Ministry of Health to Lidador News (LN) about the constant shortage of doctors in the hospital Bejense, "On this issue should be the hospital to answer", one realizes that the CA will have to be to solve the problem by yourself.
According to found the LN, the six doctors who Beja Hospital had under, all aged over 50 year old, remaining three, They asked the remaining contractual changes and are under contract to provide services.
Since the beginning of the year for lack of a second obstetrician, pregnant women who use the Beja Hospital emergency room, They are forwarded to other units, including the Hospital of the Holy Spirit, Evora, a mais de 80 kilometers, some by their own means and without medical care.
"It is a very serious and worrying situation. The government turns a blind eye to these things. There have to be more assertive ", He justified to our newspaper, the president of the Medical Association, which ensured that it will "do again pressure on the health minister", concluded.
Miguel Guimarães argued that "Beja has been a very damaged district with the lack of doctors. The distances in rural areas are tremendous ", adding that the use of the service does not solve, because "with desenrascar is for emergencies and Beja is the hallmark of this situation", finished.
When faced with the question of how to overcome the lack of doctors, the president argued that it should "hire people paras peripheral areas with incentives, such as increases in career, training paid state link, tax breaks and housing, among others. We do not need to invent anything ", concluded.
In turn the president of Beja Chamber explained that the situation is very worrying and serious only be one service obstetrician ", adding Paulo Arsenio that the municipality "will request a meeting with the Minister of Health. The ministry has an obligation to address the issue ", said.
We wanted to know how you think the ULSBA solve the problem in definitive terms and in particular when starting the vacation of obstetricians, but the AC did not answer.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
