Friday, 12 April 2013

561. Northeast of Portugal (Bragança) will stay in a state of disruption in the provision of health care

The functioning of health care services in the northeastern region will be affected from next year with the exemption of 179 doctors and health technicians. The emergency services, radiology and dentistry are some of the specialties that will be concerned by the lack of professionals, but the most serious case is that of basic emergency service Vila Nova de Foz Coa that you simply must close if teams are not reinforced.
Dental consultations and pedology may cease to exist in most health centers. In total there are about 180 health professionals who meet your job threatened because of recent policies for the sector fostered by the incumbent government. Supported the argument of fiscal restraint and deficit reduction in public, the leaders of the current government of the PSD / PP will release about 180 people out of work, most qualified employees that work and live in the northeastern region.
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Eliminate public dental services to people who live away from big cities and no other alternatives to the already precarious oral health care exist in the National Health Service constitutes contempt by the very people who pay taxes to support the state.
The Ministry of Health knows that investing 100 euros today in oral medicine can save 10 000 euros in the future (and there are studies do not fool anyone, perhaps only the Minister of Health is not aware).
The Order of Dentists should effectively oppose such policies and not be complicit in the degradation of oral health services available to the population.   

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