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The president of the Tâmega e Sousa Intermunicipal Community defended this Wednesday a change in attitude of the population served by the Padre Américo Hospital, in Penafiel, refusing to allow confinement to become family life, and defended the application of sanctions.
Gonçalo Rocha spoke with Lusa at the end of the meeting with the Undersecretary of State for Health, Lacerda Sales, which took place at the Northern Regional Health Administration, with the participation of some of the presidents of the Intermunicipal Communities (CIM) by videoconference.
With the Tâmega e Sousa Hospital Center [também conhecido por Padre Américo] At the center of the concerns of the CIM leader and without the governor having “presented solutions” to what that health unit is experiencing, the mayor of Castelo de Paiva also turned his focus to the population.
“Everyone has to realize that there are limits” and that “the confinement cannot be a reason for family interaction inside the gates, since this is the greatest danger”, defended Gonçalo Rocha, insisting that “there must be greater responsibility for all citizens. “
And he continued: It is fundamental. Even if he ultimately has to sanction those who do not comply. “
Since his intervention in the meeting, Gonçalo Rocha assured to defend the “strengthening of public services in Primary Health, with more people in person, in contact with users, because many situations are being referred to the emergency services of central hospitals” .
Given the increase in the number of infected, he added: “I asked that the tests be carried out in areas closer to the populations, a situation that has created very serious limitations, especially for those who have few resources to go to the test points.”
Gonçalo Rocha also wants to “reinforce the local health authorities with human resources,” insisting with the government official that there must be “conditions for the system, at the Hospital Center level, to function and, even with other hospitals to support, answer that you need access to the National Health Service. “
Regarding what he heard from Lacerda Sales, the mayor said that “there is a desire on the part of the Government and the Ministry of Health to make better communication, more rigorous and simple, that is understandable to everyone.” [sobre os dados diários da covid-19 em Portugal]”.
Another topic on which Lusa de Gonçalo Rocha focused was “the great interest [da parte do Governo] be close to the mayors, understand their sensitivities and what they are perceiving on the ground ”.
The CIM of Tâmega e Sousa has nine of the ten municipalities that constitute it in partial confinement, in a scenario in which Resende is the only municipality that is outside the restrictions.
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