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An emotional photo published by the Matosinhos Local Health Unit of a couple went hand in hand this Friday, going viral at the Pedro Hispano Hospital 24 hours apart and finally dying from Covid-19. with the same time difference.
On Facebook, the Local Unit revealed that “The O Wing team, where they were interned, did everything possible to leave in peace, giving them the moment that corresponded to them with all calm, tranquility and serenity” and that “the family can also be present with each one, with all the security measures.”
Although visits are suspended in pandemic situations, exceptions to life situations are allowed when possible, so that family members can say goodbye. These situations are critical and end-of-life situations. Despite the question of suspension of visits, in these circumstances it is possible that they will happen ”., Paula Carvalho, the press officer of the Pedro Hispano Hospital, revealed to DN, who explained that the photograph was only shared by the Health Unit because the family had already made it public.
Even in times of pandemic, “Humanization has always been a priority”, “despite all the security demands”. “You can’t help but be careful with our users”, he stressed, telling how these farewell visits are made.
“There is a contact of the team of health professionals with the family and the family is allowed to be present. It is not only at the moment of death. In intensive care, whenever a person is entering a more critical situation and in the that it is expected that the result is death, the family has always been involved “he explained, referring that these visits are carried out under strict health security measures.
“Family members must be fully equipped and these visits are always supervised, to meet all safety criteria. Family members must wear uniforms and disinfect. Health professionals are always present”explained the hospital’s press officer.
The possibility of these visits being carried out, however, always depends on the context existing in the unit where each patient is hospitalized. “Sometimes it is very difficult, it depends on where the patients are hospitalized. There are a number of difficulties. It has a lot to do with the equipment and the care given to the patient.”said Paula Carvalho.
The emotional photo of the couple, published this Friday at 10:30 am, has already reached more than 4,600 reactions, 2,800 shares and 270 comments.
A similar episode happened this Friday to a couple from the house of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, of the Charity of Ponte de Lima, which raised the number of deaths caused by the covid-19 outbreak to three. The director of the institution of that municipality in the district of Viana do Castelo, Agostinho Freitas, explained that the couple, “husband and wife, 89 and 90 years old, died on Thursday, at the same time, at the Santa Luzia “, in Viana do Castelo.
