Doctors of Guimarães Hospital begin to consult the detainees

Doctors at Senhora da Oliveira Hospital will travel to Guimarães Prison to consult with detainees on HIV-AIDS, hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C. [19659002] The goal is for inmates to have access to health care in conditions of quality and continuity.

By a protocol to be signed between the general director of rehabilitation and penitentiary services, Celso Manata, and the chairman of the board of directors of the hospital, Delfim Rodrigues, on the 16th of this month, In Lisbon, hospital doctors will travel to Guimarães Prison to give consultations on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and the Hepatitis C virus (HCV)

This protocol is part of a national strategy defined by the Ministry of Health in partnership with the Directorate General of Rehabilitation and Prison Services. s (DGRSP). [Notícia completa na edição impressa do Diário do Minho]