Closing happens because “there is only one doctor assigned” for this service, so the scale is not complete.
According to the Daily News (DN), the Obstetric/Gynecological Emergency Service of Beja hospital closed this Tuesday at 8:00 and reopens on wednesday, also to 8:00, by “inability to complete the scale” medical in this period, said hospital official.
The source of the Baixo Alentejo Local Health Unit (ULSBA) contacted by Lusa explained that today “there is only one doctor assigned” for this service, so the scale is not complete.
According to the website of the National Health Service, also the unit's delivery block, the Hospital José Joaquim Fernandes, integrated into the ULSBA, is closed in this same period of 24 hours, for the same reason.
Already this weekend, the obstetric emergencies at Beja hospital were closed for 24 hours, entre as 08:00 from sunday and 08:00 Monday, also due to the impossibility of completing the service roster.
This was the fourth consecutive weekend with constraints in these Beja hospital services due to the impossibility of completing the medical scales.
Gynecology and Obstetrics emergencies and the birthing wards in several hospitals have experienced constraints in recent months, a situation that is repeated all over the country, due to difficulties in securing scales due to lack of specialists.
Assistant Secretary of State and Health, Lacerda Sales, recently assured that “no one will go unanswered” of the National Health Service (SNS) during the month of August, why hospitals work in a network.
In order to inform pregnant women of these constraints, this platform was created on the SNS Portal under the proposal of the Commission for Monitoring the Response in Urgent Gynecology/Obstetrics and Delivery Blocks.
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