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The Guarda Local Health Unit (ULS) states that the closure is due exclusively to a shortage of doctors. Patients who cannot be seen are referred to the Guarda Hospital. According to the local authority, the failure lies with the physical space.
The operation of the Trancoso Health Centre's emergency service has been affected since Tuesday night.
The incident resulted in a burnt area of approximately 0.15 hectares of pasture (hay), explains the GNR, with the facts having been reported to the Judicial Court of Trancoso.
This Friday was marked by a protest in Trancoso. There are no longer doctors in two parishes and the population is outraged.
The ICNF has requested that the Trancoso City Council, as the entity responsible for the construction work, “suspend the works during the species' nesting period.”
The intervention caused the “direct destruction of nests,” noted the ICNF, which also states that a permit should have been requested for the works, as the colony was already known.
Works are taking place during the species' breeding season, which several associations point out is prohibited by law.
The origins of the fire are yet to be determined.
