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Gynecology and obstetrics team leaders of Maternidade Alfredo da Costa announced that they would stop working overtime in two weeks, making the emergency department "inoperative" if the Staff shortage is not resolved. The information was given to Lusa by one of the team leaders who demanded his resignation on Wednesday, Teresinha Simões.
Emergency team leaders of the Alfredo da Costa Maternity Hospital (MAC) submitted a resignation letter to the administration, but this one said after the situation "be controlled and outdated. "
Teresinha Simões, one of the team leaders who signed the letter, told Lusa that "obviously the situation is not controlled and obsolete," that the letter of resignation remains, and that, if things do not change, in two weeks, the team leaders will abide by the law and stop doing night and times of emergency.The director explained to Lusa that because of his age, professionals could stop working overtime. "We would all be allowed not to sleep and we continue to do so, all team leaders. And many can not even do it urgently, because they are over 55 years old. "
Teresinha Simões also reported that among the eight emergency team leaders, only one is under 55, adding that there was a meeting with the management but that" in the practice, nothing was given "because they" promised the same things they had been promising for months ", following the warnings that" the situation can not continue ", that & # 39; 39, we need to hire more staff, nurses and medical staff. "We do 12 extra hours each week and exceed our limit and our capacity," he warned in a conversation with Lusa.
Teresinha Simões said that despite the letter, "naturally" the team leaders will continue to work because they can not stop doing it "from one day to the next", and explained that they do not withdraw the resignation application with concrete data and not "with promises." He also said that it was pr oposed to team leaders to make emergencies with four people in a few days and five in others, while there are usually seven, which is "unbearable to Alfredo da Costa, with the movement and the pathology that have it ". "With this number of people, if we have two caesareans at the same time, we have no one else," he warned.
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