The health minister confirmed on Tuesday the closure of the pediatric emergency room at Loures hospital for the night and announced that the work plan for the pediatric emergency room in the Lisbon metropolitan area would be announced next week.
“It is true that in the case of the Hospital de Lures, the closure of some services will happen earlier only because there are no specialists,” Manuel Pizarro admitted in statements to reporters after the visit to the hospital. to the emergency room of the Fernando Fonseca Hospital in Amadora, where he was accompanied by Ana Rita Cavaco, president of the Ordem dos Enfermeiros.
Manuel Pizarro added that this situation was “one of the reasons” that led to the reorganization of the pediatric emergency department, and that this is expected in the case of the pediatric emergency department at the Hospital de Lures, “which will actually stop working at night” from Wednesday, as announced the Independent Union of Physicians, and then the National Federation of Physicians.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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