The Pediatric emergency room and the Birth Center at the Beja hospital will be closed during 24 hours, between 8am on Tuesday and 8am on Wednesday, revealed this Saturday the administration of the Baixo Alentejo Local Health Unit (ULSBA).
In a statement, ULSBA also says that, between 8pm on Wednesday and 8am on Thursday, the adult Medical-Surgical emergency service will only “receive referred patients, duly forwarded by CODU/INEM and SNS 24â€.
Closed, between 8am tomorrow (Sunday) and 8 a.m. on Monday, the Moura Basic Emergency Service will also be there.
In cause, according to the administration of the hospital unit, the constraints are caused “by the difficulties in preparing medical scalesâ€, justified.
In the note issued, ULSBA appeals to users who in these days 31 December and 1 January, "whenever possible, patients must resort to primary health care†which operates on an open consultation basis from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm in Beja health centers, Aljustrel. Almodovar, Ferreira do Alentejo, Mértola, Ourique, Serpa and Vidigueira.
It is also reminded that patients “should not resort to the emergency roomâ€, but rather contact the SNS helpline 24, so that they are correctly oriented, second the seriousness of the situation.
As the Beja hospital's Birth Center is closed on New Year's Eve, the call “Baby of the Year” will not be born in Beja.
New Communiqué from ULSBA
It is not possible to complete the medical scales, and having been the executive board duly informed, ULSBA Emergency/Emergency Network, will work with the following embarrassment in the coming days, changing changes in the face of the information we sent on the day 27.12.2024:
- Closing of the Pediatric Emergency Service between 8am of the day 31 December 2024 And at 8am of the day 1 January 2025, the patients of pediatric age should be oriented to other units (including polytraumatized) ( Information superpressible to sent on the day 27.12.24);
- Closing of the Obstetric/Gynecological Emergency Service (contingency level 2) between 8am of the day 31 December 2024 and at 16h of the day 1 January 2025 (change/aggravation against information sent on the day 27.12.2024);
- The adult medical-surgical emergency service will only receive referenced patients (forwarded by CODU/INEM, SNS 24 or other doctors) on the nights ( Between 20h and 8h) days 1,2,3 and 4 January 2025 and 8am in the morning 5 January at 8 am 6 January 2025) (change/aggravation against information sent on the day 27.12.2024);
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
