<img src = "http://www.bahianoticias.com.br/fotos/saude_entrevistas/409/IMAGEM_ENTREVISTA_5.jpg" clbad = "img-responsive" alt = "With central telemedicine, Vilas-Boas hopes to reduce the number of deaths due to an infarction in Bahia
Patients in 52 municipalities of Bahia will benefit from distance care of acute myocardial infarction and stroke. state was announced recently and also includes the establishment of a telemedicine center in Salvador, where specialist doctors will guide generalists in the necessary procedures. "Bahia is a state the size of France, our distances are several kilometers long and it is impossible to guarantee the presence of specialist doctors close to all municipalities. With regard to acute myocardial infarction and stroke, the need for a specialist doctor in a few minutes, that makes the difference whether the person will survive or not and whether it will have a sequel bigger or smaller, "Bahia News Health Secretary Fábio Vilas-Boas said in an interview with Bahia News that, according to the manager, the deployment rooms will require an investment of around 2.5 million R $ At the telemedicine center, which will be built at Solar Boa Vista, in the Brotas district, a videoconference will be set up so that doctors can follow the care and the project also plans, in the future, to providing a second medical opinion with the same system. "We are designing a second advisory system, primarily for the emergency network, which will house UPAs and intensive care units. Second, inexpensive specialties such as dermatology, rheumatology and specialties with few trained specialists in Bahia C is a very important project that will promote and allow special attention to areas that have never been reached Vilas-Boas added that during the interview, the secretary also spoke about the first year of activity of the regional polyclinics.While the period was considered "extremely positive", highlighted the difficulties encountered, mainly for the recruitment of professionals. "The satisfaction rate of the population served exceeds 98%, but to reach this stage, we had a lot of difficulties, we had trouble finding professionals, especially specialized doctors and technicians, "he said." It was necessary to look for professionals in other regions, publish edits s national newspapers, to bring outpatients to be able to occupy all the specialties of the eight polyclinics. It was a difficult experience to avoid, but today we have all the polyclinics with all the specialties, not all the changes we needed, "he explains.
