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This Wednesday morning, the Portuguese Dental Association (OMD) issued a statement criticizing journalists from Madeira for publicizing covid-19 infections among dental professionals.
Now, according to the DIÁRIO, clarifying public opinion, the information published by this and other media had as its source the information transmitted in the daily epidemiological bulletin of the Institute of Health Administration (IASAÚDE), which reported yesterday of two new positive cases of covid-19 in Madeira that refer to “two health professionals, working in the private sector, in the field of dentistry”.
According to the information transmitted, in the daily epidemiological bulletin of the Health Administration Institute, IP-RAM (IASAÚDE), DIÁRIO reported yesterday of the existence of two new positive cases of covid-19 in Madeira referring to “two health professionals”. health, with activity in the private sector, in the field of dentistry ”.
After about four hours, the Ordem dos Médicos Dentistas again issued a second statement that, without acknowledging the initial error committed, now focuses its criticism on the Regional Government, specifically on the Ministry of Health, supervised by Pedro Ramos.
“The Order of Dentists (OMD) today regretted with the Regional Secretary of Health and Civil Protection that it was mentioned, in an official statement, the existence of two dentists infected with Covid-19 in the Autonomous Region of Madeira”, you can read if in the statement signed by the representative of the Portuguese Dental Association, Fabião Castro Silva.
Until today, and well, the health area of any infected professional had never been specified, so the differentiation that is made now in the case of dentistry cannot be understood, which is unfortunate. In addition, in the statement from the Health Administration Institute, of the 14 new cases reported, only two are identified as professionals in the private area of dentistry, without referring to any of the professional areas of the other 12 infected.
Fabião Castro Silva, representative of the Order of Dentists in Madeira
OMD clarifies that “none of the dentists were infected in a professional environment and that, therefore, mentioning the professional category of these two patients is at least dishonest towards a sector that is the most protected and best prepared to work in a context such as East”. pandemic “.
It is important to clarify to the population that they can and should continue to treat their oral health safely and have total confidence in this professional sector and in their peers. It is also important to note that in a survey of Portuguese dentists less than 1% were infected at the national level, and of these very few in a professional context.
Fabião Castro Silva, representative of the Order of Dentists in Madeira
It remains to be added that the official position of the DIÁRIO de Notícias da Madeira, already made known to OMD, will be broadcast on Wednesday on the ‘Boa Noite’ on the platform www.dnoticias.pt.
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