Chaos in “internal” health patients in the corridors – community

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On Sunday, the average waiting time for care was more than 8 hours, including in cases considered urgent (yellow bracelet). In other units, the number of users waiting to see a doctor, in general emergencies, exceeded 40 people, as is the case in São João and Porto (46), Santa Maria and Lisbon (44), Amadora Sintra (43) and Cascais (40). ). In Santa Maria, on Saturday evening, there were 40 patients waiting to be admitted, a situation that had been repeated for several weekends. There was also an overload of users in the emergency room at the University Hospitals of Coimbra. In addition to users in the reference area, those who do not have services available in Aveiro, Leiria, Caldas da Rainha, Figueira da Foz, Guarda and Viseu are redirected to CHUC. A shortage of NHS doctors to complete shifts will affect 72 emergency services across specialties, with a greater focus on obstetrics, gynecology and paediatrics, in 33 hospitals across the country by the end of this week.The system evaluates maternity hospitals
The Medical Syndicate formed a committee to evaluate 50 public and private maternity hospitals in the country under the Ministry of Health’s “scenario of catastrophic failure” in this regard. President Carlos Cortes said that OM had received reports of “very dramatic situations of non-response,” such as in Greater Lisbon. For example, Amadora Sintra and Barreiro hospitals are empty of obstetric emergencies this week.

The flow is very large“The flow of users is so great that, after the examination, if the doctor understands that they have to be admitted to the hospital, the hospital [das Caldas da Rainha] “The aisles need to be filled.”Easier to monitorAccording to Vitor Denis, sometimes it is safer for patients to be in the corridor than in the admission room, because nurses are constantly passing by and checking whether their condition is stable and whether they need support.