Holding signs that read “I’m talking about the hospital in Caldas!” and to the sound of shouts of “We want a hospital!” two thousand residents of Caldas da Rainha traveled to Lisbon this Saturday on 28 buses chartered by the local council to protest outside the official residence of the Prime Minister and the Assembly. Republic after the march from the Basilica of Estrela.
We are talking about disagreements over the location of the future Hospital do Oeste in Bombarral, announced by the Minister of Health.
António Curado, a doctor and municipal deputy, says that “it makes more sense that it be located between Caldas da Rainha and Óbidos, because this area lacks hospital care the most, while Bombarral is a small town in which there are not enough structures to support a new hospital.” The president of the municipality of Caldas, Vítor Márquez, emphasizes that the consequence of the choice of Bombarral is “the disappearance of the Hospital das Caldas da Rainha”, which “will harm the entire western-northern region, where hospital services are difficult. answers.”
Author: Francisco Gomez
Source: CM Jornal
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