VMER at Garcia de Orta Hospital out of service tonight
The Almada hospital lacks a team to cover nine shifts until the end of the month.
Director of nursing at Amadora-Sintra accuses Government of lack of support
The situation at Amadora-Sintra is unsustainable due to a shortage of doctors, a complaint made in an exclusive interview with RTP by the hospital's director of nursing, who resigned on Thursday.
Director of Nursing at Amadora-Sintra resigns and denounces shortage of doctors and 'political abandonment' by the Health Minister
Maria Luísa Ximenez submitted her resignation at the start of the week, saying the 'safe practice of the profession' was not guaranteed and she did not have the support of the health authority. She reports rotas without the necessary specialists, a management post left vacant for two months, and the 'abandonment' by the Ministry of Health in letters sent to hospital managers, the hospital's nurses and the Order of Nurses.
