Coronavirus: a federal judge asks the Ministry of Health to change the address of the Bonsucesso Hospital



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RIO – Judge Carmen Silvia Lima Arruda, of the 15th Federal Court of Rio de Janeiro, intimidated the Ministry of Health to remove the address from the Federal Hospital of Bonsucesso, as RJTV shows it, this Saturday. At a hearing held Thursday night, the magistrate accused the hospital board of failing to deal with the new pandemic. coronavirus and again demanded the opening of the beds of six federal hospitals in the city. In the same document, the judge also summoned the Commander of the Eastern Military Command to present a report, within 24 hours, on the entrances and other elements necessary to open the field hospitals in Rio. On the 5th there will be a new hearing between the parties.

At the Bonsucesso Hospital, announced by the Ministry of Health As a reference unit in the fight against Covid-19, of the 177 beds for patients with coronavirus, only 17 are occupied. An audit carried out by the State found 30 ICU beds ready and equipped, but empty, due to lack of personnel.

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– The Ministry of Health did not anticipate and prepare its own hospital structure for the federal arbitrator here in Rio de Janeiro. Today we have more than a thousand patients waiting for a hospital or ICU bed. The biggest tragedy is not the pandemic, the biggest tragedy is the lack of dialogue between the Ministry of Health and its own federal network, public defender Daniel Macedo said in a telephone interview.

During the hearing on Thursday, held virtually and even recorded (video above), Carmen Silvia Arruda stated that there was no contingency plan to deal with the coronavirus and that there were no clarifications “on the displacement of recently graduated doctors.” specializing and / or in medical residency to assist in the Covid-19 combat workforce. “In addition to” not purchasing a coronavirus test for hospital personnel, nor making any provision for testing “and” no provision for purchase of specific PPE protective materials, such as N-95 masks, with budget funds. “

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The magistrate also determined that the Ministry of Health will inform how the hospital administration should proceed in relation to the inactive equipment of the unit, in particular the 30 ready ICU beds and 14 respirators that are useless.

“They must also inform the measures that other federal hospitals must take, in view of the existence of inactive beds, due to the suspension of elective surgeries,” he emphasized.

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In a hearing on Monday, after a telephone conversation with the Minister of Health, Nelson Teich, Justice gave the Ministry of Health 10 days to present solutions for the six federal hospitals: Hospital General de Bonsucesso, Hospital da Lagoa, Hospital Ipanema, Hospital of Federal Servants, Andaraí Hospital and Cardoso Fontes Hospital. In addition, it determined that the state verify if there are inactive respirators in the HGB and in the Hospital dos Servidores.

Last Tuesday Ministry of Health It had already informed that it would partially comply with the decision of the Federal Court that determined the availability of beds of the six federal hospitals for the Rio public network in the fight against the new coronavirus.

Requested by GLOBO, the Ministry of Health has not yet commented.



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