Albuquerque health promises reveal 'alarming lack of knowledge,' says Elle – DNOTICIAS.PT

Miguel Albuquerque's proposals to restore surgeries in 2024, “are not only unrealistic”, but reveal “a reflection of the worrying lack of knowledge about the real capacities of the regional health service”, the coordinator of the Local Coordinating Group (GCL) in Madeira of the Liberal Initiative (IL) said today. .

Nuno Morna was referring, in particular, to the promise of 16,000 surgical operations per year, which the head of the regional government left in the administration, during a visit to the Hospital da Luz Clinica da Carrera, on Thursday.

“The promise of a cure for more than 16,000 surgeries per year does not mean another 36 surgeries per day, but a daily increase of 44 on average (in addition to those already performed, to be clear) even taking into account this average.” It is preceded by recovery from surgeries on days such as Christmas, the beginning of the year, and Easter Sunday. In other words, the desire to increase the number of daily surgeries by 44 is an illusion that ignores the operational constraints of Sisaram and its partners,” said the IL leader.

Nuno Morna goes further and says that “the budget announced for this purpose of 9 million euros is insufficient (that is, only about 565 euros per procedure and is far from the average cost of any surgical operation, even the simplest) and reveals an error (or unrealistic).” Budget planning, which leads us to question the seriousness of the proposal.”

On the other hand, he talks about “the lack of sufficient material and human resources to bear an increase of this size,” which, in his opinion, constitutes “a direct and insurmountable barrier.”

“It is important to mention that there has already been a strong optimization of public resources. This is work that has already been done and should be praised. However, precisely because of the exhaustion of available resources, the growth capacity is very low and can never be increased by magic, such as numbers.” Far from reality, randomly launched by Miguel Albuquerque,” ​​confirms Nuno Morna.

“What the Liberal Initiative sees is a continued reluctance to cooperate with the private sector in an orderly solution to everyone’s problems, which reveals political shortsightedness that only exacerbates the inability of the public sector to respond, leaving patients in a more dire situation than the one we face,” it concludes. This approach, in addition to demonstrating a lack of strategic vision, is nothing more than inappropriate campaign rhetoric, far removed from reality and the urgent needs of the people of Madeira.