The INEM ambulance base located at Faro Hospital has been infested with cockroaches in recent weeks.
In accordance with cm It was found that the insects were found on the floor and walls of rooms where pre-hospital ambulance workers eat and rest, waiting for the activation of events. In one case, cockroaches were found in food packaging.
ABOUT cm questioned by INEM, who assured that he learned of the situation “last Tuesday” by contacting the board of directors of the Algarve Hospital and University Center “for a report and a decision”.
The administration of the hospital center confirmed cm that “a check and intervention was requested in an ambulance in Faro” and that disinfestation is carried out “regularly”, with “the last one on Friday”.
According to the same source at the hospital, “Depending on the ambient temperature, these interventions will be performed more frequently, locally or throughout the building.”