Between January and September 22 this year, Primary Care Units in Rio de Janeiro, such as family clinics and municipal health centers, needed to suspend the service 711 times due to violence in the surroundings, according to data requested by CNN.
The most recent case happened on Saturday morning (27), near a medium and high complexity hospital unit in the North Zone, and resulted in the death of a man and two shot people. .
The municipal secretary of health, Daniel Soranz, commented on the episode on social networks and expressed concern about the recurrence of cases of violence. According to him, the safety of professionals and patients is at risk.
“The presence of the Minister of Health on a day marked by shooting at the door of the unit shows the difficulty of ensuring security even at events of this size,” said Soranz. He also questioned: “If they cannot keep order in front of a large hospital, what remains for the population in the communities and everyday units?”
Soranz reinforced the urgency that Rio’s Public Security Secretariat has a concrete and effective plan to protect patients and health professionals.
Other cases that had repercussions
On September 18, Eight armed criminals broke into Pedro II Municipal Hospitalin Santa Cruz, West Zone, in search of a man who had survived an attempt to execute. In the unit ,.
In April, images recorded in a clinic of the Realengo family. At the time, the Civil Police reported that they were investigating a stolen cargo transhipment in the Jardim Novo region when they were targeted by criminals.
A CNN contacted the Rio State Security Secretariat and awaits the positioning of the folder.
