Azores Vice President wants public health to coexist with the private sector

cIn a note published on the website of the Azores regional government, Artur Lima considered that the regional health service in the future should “serve the Azores on an equal footing, give privilege to humanizing patient care and respond to the needs of displaced patients, because they are the sick whose reason for their existence”.

For the official, who was present today at the conclusion of the 2030 Health Forum, which took place in Angra do Heroismo, on the island of Terceira, one could not “hesitate in the relentless defense of the regional health services, a safe haven not only for the many Azoreans in The small islands, as well as for the Azores residents of the islands who have a hospital “and who sometimes need another type of care outside the area.

The Regional Health Service emphasizes, “You must be a leader to serve the Azoreans with fairness, in a system that coexists in the expression of private and social initiative, but without forgetting that the public response is – and should continue – – the jewel in the crown when it comes to health care.”

Thus, the partnerships that can be established between the regional health services and the private and social sectors should not take place to meet the “needs” of the latter, “but only when it is necessary to meet the needs of patients,” adds Artur Lima.

In the memo, the Vice President of the Azores Regional Government (from the PSD/CDS-PP/PPM alliance) also advocates for a “modern regional health service that ensures health care for users based on values ​​such as humanity or protection against dignity.” of patients.”

“Providing more humane care means treating the patient with respect, serving them on time, and responding effectively to the needs of treatment or surgical intervention,” he says.

In the text, Artur Lima also commends the work and commitment of all health professionals and hospital administrators, highlighting, in particular, in this regard, the “good example” set by the Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo in Ponta Delgada, on the island of São Miguel.

In the area of ​​social solidarity, the official highlights the “innovative and outstanding” responses that have been developed to accompany displaced patients and their families.

“These are the patients who suffer the most, and so the Azores government must remain concerned with what they need. And that is what we did this year by opening a shelter for displaced patients in the north of the country,” with an investment of more than half a million euros, he recalls.

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