Pediatric trainees at the Hospital de Faro denounce in a letter sent to various organizations the “attempts at coercion” they are subjected to to carry out emergencies in the Algarve, even when they are training away from the region.
“The pediatric interns at the Hospital de Faro hereby condemn this attempt at coercion and make it clear that the shortage of pediatricians in the Algarve region cannot and could never be filled by interns, given that they are being trained,” says the letter, which the Lusa Agency had access to. To.
Fourteen interns with specific training in pediatrics at the Faro branch of the Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve (CHUA) sign a letter that has been sent to the Executive Committee of the National Health Service (SNS), the president of the Ordem dos Médicos and the board of directors of CHUA, among other organizations.
These doctors, who are still in post-graduate training leading to their specialty, claim they were “informed informally” that 4th and 5th year interns were being asked to work their periods (at least 12 hours per week) . ) at CHUA, regardless of the place of internship.
It is further explained that the 4th and 5th year interns “are mainly on internships at other hospital centers, given that the ACA is not suitable for them.”
According to the note, “some prisoners are currently in Lisbon (300 km from Faro), Coimbra (450 km from Faro) or Porto (550 km from Faro)” and they ensure that this transfer, if applicable, “cause great disruption in the daily life and education of each of these prisoners.”
Before taking this position, 14 doctors contacted the Sindicato Independent dos Médicos, who expressed their opinion based on an information circular of May 5, 2017 authorized by the Ordem dos Médicos.
“As part of the normal working period, internal physicians undergoing special training and internships in a Service other than the one in which they work must provide 12 hours per week of emergency services integrated into the team of the Service in which they are internship, if this organized as a matter of urgency, ”says one of the paragraphs of this document.
Another cited ruling states that “intern doctors are subject to the organization of work of the entity to which the service belongs, or the institution responsible for conducting training, and the corresponding working hours must be established and programmed in accordance with the mode of operation of a special medical institution.” career, as well as the activities and objectives of the relevant training programs.
The 5th year interns also state that “they were pressured to take on the role of pediatrician and pediatric emergency team leader despite expressing their opposition.”
“Interns are the future of pediatric service and should therefore be cherished and protected to dream of a future at CHUA. A future that seems uncertain at the moment,” the 14 prisoners say at the end of the letter.
SNS is struggling with a shortage of doctors, a situation that is causing it to resort more and more to these professionals who are still in training.
In the Algarve, pediatric services are usually closed for the weekend and users have to travel to Faro to see them.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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