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Patients left without care
Published: December 20, 2009
Three days ago the Giselda Trigueiro Hospital began screening patients with suspected influenza, forwarding the cases apparently simple to emergency calls in the city. The measure was necessary due to increased demand for people to cope with any symptoms of swine influenza (H1N1) has sought directly to unit. The routing is not pleasing many patients who complain to move between units, unable to care.
"I was in the City of Hope and had no doctor. I went to the Hospital das Rocas (the Pescadores), but there I was told that only met victims of stabbing and shooting, so I came here expecting to be addressed, "said student Maria Raquel Adelino, 22, was waiting in the living waiting for the emergency room Giselda Trigueiro. Even living on Thursdays, so closer to Giselda, with fever and cough for three days, she had to take a bus to the City of Hope, the other for one last Rocas and back to the neighborhood.
Staff from the hospital show that there was a "small" reduction in demand following the start of screening and the announcement that the emergency care of the city would receive patients suspected of swine flu. They ensure, however, that many of those referred end up returning to the PAs, for lack of doctors. Fisherman in the Hospital, the scale is only a trial looking at during the daytime, when the ideal would be two.
The Administrator, Ana Celi da Costa, said that not even the beginning of any shifts was enough to close the entire scale. There are still 160 hours in the month, which should be fulfilled, according to the director Josenildo Barbosa, with the arrival of eight medical 20h, which has been selected by SMS and must be presented later this month. Despite the current gaps, Ana Celi ensures that calls are being made. "When there are two doctors one back home (without consultation). When one is made to the classification of risk. "
The cases of greater severity and urgency (classified as red, yellow and some greens) are treated as outpatients (rank blue) are referred to health facilities. Although it was not noticed a significant increase in demand due to screening in Trigueiro ", at least one patient on the morning of yesterday, had been referred from the state hospital. "I spent the Giselda because I have body pain, vomiting and dizziness for three days, but I was told to come here," lamented the student Luzinete Alves. Resident of Dix-sept Rosado, she spent $ 15 in taxi that took her Rocas.
In Sandra Celeste in Lagoa Nova, the situation was quiet, since no child with suspected swine flu had been referred by Giselda Trigueiro and the scale is complete. "We hoped with 27 doctors and received four, two of which have performed and the other two are in the next week," says director Telma L?cia de Ara?jo.
SMS guides patients with suspected
The Municipal Health Service (SMS) issued a statement saying that people that are experiencing "fever, cough, sore throat, headache and body pain should seek medical personnel in private or arrangement, the basic health unit more near home, or the district policlinics (North Zone, Mall, Riverside and City of Hope).
Only patients with acute respiratory disease, "characterized by fever over 38 ? C, cough, dyspnea (shortness of breath) and chest pain, with or without gastrointestinal manifestations, should seek the services of 24-hour service, or referral centers Influenza A (H1N1).
In Natal, the municipal units of reference are the Fishermen's Hospital in Rocas (adults), and the Reference Center Sandra Celeste in Jaguarari in Lagoa Nova (child). In the state system, the Hospital Trigueiro ", in Quintas.
Until Friday morning, the records of the Department of Health (Sesap) pointed to 90 confirmed cases of H1N1 in Rio Grande do Norte, of which 12 resulted in the deaths of 75 patients and has evolved into a cure. In all, more than 400 suspected cases are still pending the outcome of tests for confirmation.
Patients left without care
Published: December 20, 2009
Three days ago the Giselda Trigueiro Hospital began screening patients with suspected influenza, forwarding the cases apparently simple to emergency calls in the city. The measure was necessary due to increased demand for people to cope with any symptoms of swine influenza (H1N1) has sought directly to unit. The routing is not pleasing many patients who complain to move between units, unable to care.
"I was in the City of Hope and had no doctor. I went to the Hospital das Rocas (the Pescadores), but there I was told that only met victims of stabbing and shooting, so I came here expecting to be addressed, "said student Maria Raquel Adelino, 22, was waiting in the living waiting for the emergency room Giselda Trigueiro. Even living on Thursdays, so closer to Giselda, with fever and cough for three days, she had to take a bus to the City of Hope, the other for one last Rocas and back to the neighborhood.
Staff from the hospital show that there was a "small" reduction in demand following the start of screening and the announcement that the emergency care of the city would receive patients suspected of swine flu. They ensure, however, that many of those referred end up returning to the PAs, for lack of doctors. Fisherman in the Hospital, the scale is only a trial looking at during the daytime, when the ideal would be two.
The Administrator, Ana Celi da Costa, said that not even the beginning of any shifts was enough to close the entire scale. There are still 160 hours in the month, which should be fulfilled, according to the director Josenildo Barbosa, with the arrival of eight medical 20h, which has been selected by SMS and must be presented later this month. Despite the current gaps, Ana Celi ensures that calls are being made. "When there are two doctors one back home (without consultation). When one is made to the classification of risk. "
The cases of greater severity and urgency (classified as red, yellow and some greens) are treated as outpatients (rank blue) are referred to health facilities. Although it was not noticed a significant increase in demand due to screening in Trigueiro ", at least one patient on the morning of yesterday, had been referred from the state hospital. "I spent the Giselda because I have body pain, vomiting and dizziness for three days, but I was told to come here," lamented the student Luzinete Alves. Resident of Dix-sept Rosado, she spent $ 15 in taxi that took her Rocas.
In Sandra Celeste in Lagoa Nova, the situation was quiet, since no child with suspected swine flu had been referred by Giselda Trigueiro and the scale is complete. "We hoped with 27 doctors and received four, two of which have performed and the other two are in the next week," says director Telma L?cia de Ara?jo.
SMS guides patients with suspected
The Municipal Health Service (SMS) issued a statement saying that people that are experiencing "fever, cough, sore throat, headache and body pain should seek medical personnel in private or arrangement, the basic health unit more near home, or the district policlinics (North Zone, Mall, Riverside and City of Hope).
Only patients with acute respiratory disease, "characterized by fever over 38 ? C, cough, dyspnea (shortness of breath) and chest pain, with or without gastrointestinal manifestations, should seek the services of 24-hour service, or referral centers Influenza A (H1N1).
In Natal, the municipal units of reference are the Fishermen's Hospital in Rocas (adults), and the Reference Center Sandra Celeste in Jaguarari in Lagoa Nova (child). In the state system, the Hospital Trigueiro ", in Quintas.
Until Friday morning, the records of the Department of Health (Sesap) pointed to 90 confirmed cases of H1N1 in Rio Grande do Norte, of which 12 resulted in the deaths of 75 patients and has evolved into a cure. In all, more than 400 suspected cases are still pending the outcome of tests for confirmation.