Beja: Any reverse ULSBA maternity during the closing 24 hours.

After the news published by Lidador News (LN), the Board of Directors of the Local Unit of the Lower Alentejo Health (ULSBA) It informed the District Command Operations and Relief (CDOS) Beja, what ” It is canceled the closure of the maternity ward of Hospital José Joaquim Fernandes, in Beja, not justifying the reasons for the change.

The ULSBA had informed the middle of Friday afternoon that motherhood was closed, for reasons not explained, but that was linked to the lack of obstetricians. The closure in 24,00 hours, entre as 08,00 Sunday hours are the same Monday hours.

In the communication to the CDOS not ULSBA “gave alternatives to mothers that they turn to the Beja Hospital in labor. Through facebook, and the particular form, an element connected to the Information Bureau of ULSBA “justified” that matter “It was outdated and would be communicated to the CDOS”.

According to found the LN hospital source along, ” there is guaranteed to be operational motherhood” between now (Sunday) it's tomorrow (Monday).

Is situation has occurred between 6 and 7 January for lack of obstetricians, which led laboring women to move to the Hospital of the Holy Spirit, Evora, a 80 miles of Beja, to their cars, at your own risk. At the time the emergency room at the Bejense health unit had an indication for “or receive the applications from women” for midwifery.

Teixeira Correia

(journalist)