António Pedro Santos / Lusa
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and Prime Minister Luís Montenegro
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will wait for the end of summer to eventually formulate judgments about the emergency crisis. The President of the Republic had very high expectations regarding the government’s ability to solve the problems. But a year later, little changed.
Precisely a year ago, on August 8, 2024, on a visit to the Santa Maria hospital in Lisbon, MARCELO REBELO DE SOUSA He said waiting for a government response as soon as possible about the malfunction of the emergency.
“I created very high expectations. Given the severity of problems, when talking about an emergency plan, each of us wants the answer to be as soon as possible, ”said the president, to conclude that He had heard Minister Ana Paula Martins say that he expected that what was living in 2024 would not be lived in 2025.
“Give us time to do the rest,” said the ruler, underlined she had inherited from previous socialist governments a “very bad situation and an absolutely chaotic NHS.”
A year later, the Scenario has changed little and Marcelo seems to be impatient.
To the newspaper, Marcelo now states that “Wait for the end of summer To eventually formulate judgment on the matter ”, 12 months later the matter has not been resolved and to be alternated in an alternate manner some obstetric and pediatric emergency services, especially the weekends.
Five urgent services of gynecology and obstetrics and one of pediatrics are closed this Friday.
The information available on the National Health Service Portal consulted by Lusa at 9:40 indicated that five emergency people of gynecology and obstetrics are closed, in Almada, Vila Franca de Xira, Barreiro, Abrantes and Aveiro. At Barreiro Hospital the urgency of pediatrics is also closed.
No Saturday There will be four urgencies of gynecology and obstetrics closed – Aveiro, Caldas da Rainha, Vila Franca de Xira and Almada – and one of pediatrics – Vila Franca de Xira.
Already in domingo An urgency of pediatrics are closed – Vila Franca de Xira – and five of gynecology and obstetrics – Almada, Setúbal, Vila Franca de Xira, Caldas da Rainha and Aveiro.
The constraints of the emergency services are due mainly to the lack of specialists to ensure scales.
This is a situation that worries the President of the Republic and that Government has not yet been able to resolveat a time when Marcelo has been walking.
