Doctor's visit to São José Urgence Hospital

The Order of Doctors will evaluate the conditions at the Hospital of São José, Lisbon. Already Tuesday, Miguel Guimarães will go to the service of the Central Hospital of Lisbon Central to realize what was the basis of the dismissal of the heads of the team of internal medicine and general surgery last Friday.

The President stated that he "would meet separately with the board of directors and the team leaders who resigned due to lack of security conditions in the emergency department" . According to the letter of resignation, the 16 experts criticize the lack of human resources, jeopardizing the clinical safety of patients; the absence of radiologists during the night and the gradual deterioration of the emergency.

In the note sent to the editorial staff, the Medical Association also states that "the clinical impact of the passage will also be evaluated". 40 to 35 hours a week. "A situation that, even so, does not include physicians, who continue with a weekly schedule of 40 to 42 hours.