<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 from 52 municipalities in Bahia will benefit from acute myocardial infarction and stroke care The state government project has been 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 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 matter of minutes, it makes all the difference whether the person will survive or not and whether it will have a larger sequel or "According to the manager, the deployment rooms will require an investment of about R $ 2.5 million," said Bahia Health Secretary Fábio Vilas-Boas in an interview with Bahia News. At the Telemedicina center, to be built at Solar Boa Vista, in the Brotas neighborhood, a videoconference will be set up so that doctors can follow the service.The project also provides, in the future, the provision of a second medical opinion with the same system. "We are currently designing a second notification system, primarily for the emergency network, which will house UPAs and intensive care units. Secondly, inexpensive specialties such as dermatology, rheumatology, and specialties with few trained specialists in Bahia "This is a very important project that will promote and allow special attention to regions that are n & # 39; 39 have never been reached, "Vilas-Boas added. During the interview, the secretary also talked about the first year of activity of regional polyclinics. Although he considered the period "extremely positive", he 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 doctors and specialized technicians," he said. declared. "It was necessary to look for professionals in other regions, to publish edicts in national newspapers, to bring in out-of-town doctors to cover all the specialties of the eight polyclinics." It was a difficult experience to bypbad, but today we have all the polyclinics with all the specialties, not all the changes we needed, "he explains.
