“AndThere are five doctors, but only two are on active duty, because the remaining three are on sick leave, Joao Nicolau explained to Lusa, stressing that “the official data do not correspond to reality, and in the case of leave, the situation will get worse. – If “.
The socialist warned that, after all, the county has five missing family doctors, and out of a total of seven there should be only two at work.
According to official data from the Primary Health Care Identity Card Portal, the municipality has 12,479 users, of whom 8,398 are family doctors and 4,076 are not.
Because official data do not correspond to reality, Socialist Party deputies João Nicolau, Vera Braz, Alexandra Tavares de Moura, Rita Borges Madeira and Paulo Marquez, on April 13, handed a question to the Assembly of the Republic to the Ministry of Health.
“There is a severe shortage of family physicians in Cadaval, which has led to serious constraints in the primary care provided to the residents of the municipality, what is the strategy and what actions are underway to eliminate the current shortage and prevent the situation from deteriorating? They asked in the next few months, as expected if it is not done Take urgent measures?
They noted in the document that the new facilities of the Cadaval Health Center, in the Lisbon region, were opened in March 2019.
Despite the existence of circumstances, the unit “suffers from a serious shortage of medical personnel”, which is why “the unit’s coordinator resigned at the beginning of the year, which reflects the seriousness of the difficulties affecting the provision of health care in the municipality,” the indicated.
In the question, they cautioned that the health center is “close to the theoretical ratio of family physicians (7), however, this figure may not correspond to reality, as more than half of the medical staff is allegedly on sick leave.”
According to the deputies, there are “reports of successive postponements of consultations, including serious deficiencies in the monitoring of pregnant women and children.”
On April 29, the Cadaval Municipal Council unanimously approved a proposal made by the Socialist Party and sent to the Ministry of Health, warning that “immediate responses are urgent”.
In the proposal, “concern for the state of health due to a shortage of physicians” was clarified.
On May 4, Chancellor João Reis and leader of PS seats in the Municipal Assembly, Maria João Botelho, met with officials from the Provincial Health Department in Lisbon and Vale do Tejo to raise awareness of problems and seek solutions, in a press release.
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