The administration of the Garcia da Horta hospital and the leaders of the general emergency services (SUG) teams in Almada met on Tuesday morning and decided that the team would be strengthened and that measures were being taken that could guarantee its capacity. December service schedule.
Tuesday’s meeting came after the experts resigned over disagreement with the December scale.
The hospital administration guarantees that the SUG scale for this month is “not yet approved”, so “measures are still being taken that can guarantee the operation of the corresponding scale and the subsequent strengthening of the team.”
It was also agreed to increase daytime consultations in all functional divisions and strengthen the working hours of polyclinics on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 10:00 to 17:00.
Bed management was another one of the issues discussed at the meeting and according to the hospital, the situation will be reviewed “f”.so that patients admitted to SUG can be quickly transferred to the departments of various specialized services.”
Garcia da Horta Hospital said in a statement that a new meeting will be held within a week with the heads of emergency services teams to “improve the performance” of the unit and monitor “implementation of the proposed measures.” professionals.