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The Northern Regional Section of the Order of Nurses denounced this Wednesday the situation at the Padre Américo Hospital, in Penafiel. Health professionals live in “Atmosphere of war” in “Situation of calamity” and “they can’t take the pressure anymore.” “There are people dying”, refer to TVI.
With a total of 218 users hospitalized with Covid-19, 25 of whom are awaiting admission to the emergency room, the Order of Nurses has already communicated the conditions of the hospital to the North Regional Health Administration, but the regional health authority it hasn’t yet. almost nothing, according to the Order: “If I had, the hospital would never have continued, after almost two weeks of pressure, just the same.”
“We are witnessing a disaster.” Daily reports at the Penafiel Hospital
In response, ARS Norte announced that it has already transferred patients to other hospitals, in addition to preparing protocols with private hospitals. But the Tâmega e Sousa Hospital Center, to which the Padre Américo Hospital belongs, wants to hire more healthcare professionals, requesting the guardianship to “reinforce” the general and family medicine doctors, to which ARS Norte undertook to respond “Quick”, in statements to Lusa. However, there is no information on a possible recruitment of other health professionals.
In addition to the lack of beds, the lack of staff turns out to be one of the main problems at Hospital Padre Américo. At the moment, 16 nurses are with Covid-19.
