Sunday 12 July 2009

218. Barcelos: Health Center awaiting green light from the Government to proceed with consultations in oral health

The population of Barcelos will have to continue to wait to have consultations in the oral health of local health centers. The idea advanced by the Director of Health of Barcelos in September last year, has not left the paper. Manuel Vilas Boas believes, however, that 2008 will be a year of progress in this area.
The Director of Health Center of Barcelos assured the Voice of Minho which has knowledge of the intention to make available to the population of these consultations dentistry, but admitted that now lack the "green light" by the Ministry of Health "The level of the sub-region of Health of Braga has been spoken and ventilated the arrival here of consultations in oral health and it is not out of choice. 2008 will be the key year for this because the Ministry of Health entered this year in two areas: the fight against obesity and oral health, therefore, believe that 2008 will be a year of progress in this area, "stressed the controller.
Manuel Vilas Boas believes that the creation of a consultation of oral and dental health would be beneficial for the population and the Ministry of Health itself, because through this agreement with CESPU - a private education and health services - the Health Center would only, which pay for teachers of dentists. "We pass the area, a private institution mounts all the equipment and consumables, we would have to pay only a few hours per month to teachers of dentists who are here," informed, adding that users of the National Health Service who had access to that consultation "pay only a moderate rate equal to a normal consultation with general practitioners."
However, the population of Barcelos will have to continue to await the decision of Correia de Campos and will also have to continue to use the private sector dentists to treat their mouths.

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