This Sunday, the Independent Union of Physicians (SIM) criticized the summer plan for emergency pediatric care in Lisbon and the Tagus Valley, believing that the temporary closure would be final due to a shortage of pediatricians in the public sector.
“Confirmation that what is seen as a restructuring in practice continues to be closures, since without presenting a decision to hire doctors, naturally over time these situations become conditionally final and more closures should be expected in the future than more availability. to emergency services,” SIM President Jorge Roque da Cunha told Lusa.
According to the decision of the executive board of the National Health Service (SNS), eight of the 14 pediatric emergency departments in the Lisbon area will be open 24 hours in the summer, between July and September, three will close at 21:00, and others will be closed. anticipated restrictions.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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