Medical emergency inaugurated in Azinhal

The new Emergency Post (PEM) of the Municipality of Castro Marim, located in the multifunctional center of the village of Azinhal was inaugurated today .

The result of a protocol established between the Institute of Emergency Medicine (INEM) and the Ministry of Health of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Humanitarian Association of Volunteer Firefighters of Vila Real de St. António, with the support of the Castro Marim Municipal Council, this PEM operates 24 hours a day, with an ambulance equipped with the most modern emergency and rescue equipment, such as the external automatic defibrillator

The Vila Real de Santa António fire department is then responsible for the operation of the emergency ambulance of the INEM, which allows to strengthen and to Improve the response to requests received by the European Emergency Number – 112. There will be eight firefighters. to form four teams of two elements, in teams of 12 hours each, which, ensures the commander of the Volunteer Bomb of Vila Real of Santo António, Nuno Pereira, an annual cost of 146.600,00 euros. An outdated cost of the grant that the Association receives from INEM, "based on the number of services provided in the municipality of Castro Marim in recent years, it is estimated that the INEM grants to the association about 45 600 euros. " However, with the guarantee of the necessary support for the constitution of the PEM by the municipality of Castro Marim, this protocol has been established and the PEM is now a reality for the castromarinense population, especially that of the city of Castro Marim. Inland Territory

Luís Meira, The President of INEM stressed the start of this PEM of Castro Marim on July 16, ending a cycle in the history of the institution, since all municipalities in the country now have at least one EMP of INEM. "In an area as important as the medical emergency, proximity is essential for a quick response," he said.

In the future, it is planned to move PEM to the future facilities of the local training facility and pre-positioning emergency means to be built in Azinhal and of which the l 39; Global investment will rise to more than half a million euros. The mayor of Castro Marim, Francisco Amaral, also points out that the infrastructure could be the embryo of the future fire brigade in Castro Marim, since Castro Marim is the only Portuguese municipality not to have any. , ironically municipalities with the highest risk of fire. In this sense, he assures us, "we are conducting several actions to clean the fuels on several fronts and the Firemen of Vila Real de St. António, that I hope we will soon call Vila Real and Castro Marim, vigilance actions, with the permanence of a vehicle and men, in the watchtower of the Lands of the Order "

Source: GC of CM Castro Marim

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