Analysis
The commentator of SIC, Tiago Correiasays that “We are in the first chapter of a long history. There are 12 cases, we have the answer to 3 “and that the computer blackout in Amadora-Sintra is”The tip of an iceberg of structural problems “in information systems in the National Health Service.
INEM will institute disciplinary proceedings for the two technicians identified in the Igas report as responsible for the delay of relief to a man who died on a day of strike by technicians in INEM.
What was proved was “The relationship between death and the delay in care. The second point that matters to clarify, and we currently cannot afford to do so, is to realize the reason for the delay “, stress Tiago Correia, commentator of SIC.
“We are in the first chapter of a long history. There are 12 cases, we have the answer to 3. One has already proven that there was a relationship between a fateful outcome and the delay in INEM’s response. It is still necessary to know 9 cases. And after we know the remaining 9 cases, we need to clarify the reason for the delay. “
The Ministry’s statement to clarify Igas’s position is that it had the delay in the response not with the strike, but with a less negligent conduct of these professionals.
It is obvious that it is not a detail that on November 4th we had two strikes, the civil service strike and the strike to supplementary work of prehospital emergency technicians and that there were times of the day when INEM could not respond to 70% of the calls.
Closed emergencies in Amadora-Sintra due to computer blackout
The hospital Professor Fernando Fonseca (HFF), known as Amadora-Sintra, temporarily suspended the emergencies due to a which, since the weekend conditions the service.
“This cannot be seen as a situation of amateur Sintra. (…) My view, this reveals the tip of an iceberg, which is structural problems that we have in information systems in the National Health Service. “
