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Secretaria Regional da Saúde e Segurança Social
Regional Government increases support for people with dementia
Regional Government increases support for people with dementia
Secretaria Regional da Saúde e Segurança Social
Mónica Seidi announces that 31 HDES nurses have withdrawn liability waivers with opening of modular emergency room
Mónica Seidi announces that 31 HDES nurses have withdrawn liability waivers with opening of modular emergency room
Secretaria Regional da Saúde e Segurança Social
mySaúde Açores app nears five thousand new registrations
mySaúde Açores app nears five thousand new registrations
February 19, 2025
Regional Government increases support for people with dementia
February 12, 2025
Mónica Seidi announces that 31 HDES nurses have withdrawn liability waivers with opening of modular emergency room
February 10, 2025
mySaúde Açores app nears five thousand new registrations
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Nota de Imprensa
February 19, 2025
Regional Government increases support for people with dementia
The Secretary for Health and Social Security, Mónica Seidi, presided over the laying of the foundation stone for the Social Rehabilitation, Monitoring and Care Centre for people with disabilities of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Angra do Heroísmo. The investment exceeds seven million Euros. According to the government official, it will bring "more dignity to the care provided by this institution," in addition to "increasing the capacity to receive more users in different areas." "We have to increase the response in this area, realising the trend towards growth in the coming years," she said. The various services will be distributed around the cloister on both floors, respecting the architectural structure of this former convent, with 12 double rooms for 24 users within Community Care Units; three double rooms and one single room for users of seven Residential Structures for the Elderly, and the necessary conditions and facilities for 36 Day Centre users. This can "help families who now have a place where their relatives can stay safely and return home at the end of the day." Mónica Seidi highlighted the collaboration between institutions such as the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Angra do Heroísmo and the Regional Government. She pointed out that "it is as a team that we provide home support, day care, residential facilities for the elderly, care and rehabilitation centres, with the Santa Casa having a total installed capacity of 382 vacancies and supporting 412 users." According to the Regional Secretary, the Regional Government's recognition of the institution's importance in the social sector is visible through the six Client-Value Cooperation Contracts with Social Security. The overall investment has increased in recent years, with just over two million Euros in 2021 and about three and a half million Euros at the end of last year.
February 19, 2025
Regional Government increases support for people with dementia
The Secretary for Health and Social Security, Mónica Seidi, presided over the laying of the foundation stone for the Social Rehabilitation, Monitoring and Care Centre for people with disabilities of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Angra do Heroísmo. The investment exceeds seven million Euros. According to the government official, it will bring "more dignity to the care provided by this institution," in addition to "increasing the capacity to receive more users in different areas." "We have to increase the response in this area, realising the trend towards growth in the coming years," she said. The various services will be distributed around the cloister on both floors, respecting the architectural structure of this former convent, with 12 double rooms for 24 users within Community Care Units; three double rooms and one single room for users of seven Residential Structures for the Elderly, and the necessary conditions and facilities for 36 Day Centre users. This can "help families who now have a place where their relatives can stay safely and return home at the end of the day." Mónica Seidi highlighted the collaboration between institutions such as the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Angra do Heroísmo and the Regional Government. She pointed out that "it is as a team that we provide home support, day care, residential facilities for the elderly, care and rehabilitation centres, with the Santa Casa having a total installed capacity of 382 vacancies and supporting 412 users." According to the Regional Secretary, the Regional Government's recognition of the institution's importance in the social sector is visible through the six Client-Value Cooperation Contracts with Social Security. The overall investment has increased in recent years, with just over two million Euros in 2021 and about three and a half million Euros at the end of last year.
Nota de Imprensa
February 12, 2025
Mónica Seidi announces that 31 HDES nurses have withdrawn liability waivers with opening of modular emergency room
The Regional Secretary for Health and Social Security, Mónica Seidi, announced today that 31 nurses from the Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo (HDES) have withdrawn the liability waivers they had signed, due to the "lack of structural conditions and degradation of the existing facilities," following the full opening of the emergency department at the hospital's modular structure. "In the former Ponta Delgada emergency department, 31 nurses declared that they were not responsible for the consequences of their care given the existing conditions. As such, they signed liability waivers. The reason for these waivers was very clear: lack of structural conditions and degradation of the existing facilities. It is with satisfaction, as a government official and health professional, that I announce that these liability waivers have just been withdrawn with the full opening of the modular hospital's emergency department," she said. She spoke at the Regional Legislative Assembly in Horta during a debate on the HDES, which was devastated by a fire in May last year. The Regional Secretary declared that there are no doubts that the withdrawal of the liability waivers was a clear sign of confidence in the new facilities. She recalled that, according to the Portuguese Medical Association, the opening of the modular hospital was "a significant step towards health in the Region" while the Portuguese Nursing Association considers the unit "an indispensable support solution." In this context, the conditions of the new emergency service "guarantee more safety than the old facilities, which some people wanted to reopen anyway," she continued. Regarding a June report by the Hospital's Facilities and Equipment Department, which stated that the Emergency Department could reopen by "carrying out small comfort interventions that could be completed within 60 days," the government official recalled: "On August 26, 2024, 69 days after that report was drawn up, the administrator responsible for Facilities and Equipment informed the Regional Secretariat for Health, and I quote, that «all the cleaning and filter replacement work in the air treatment units in the entire west wing, except for the Emergency Department, has been complete.» End of quote." "In other words, someone who assured us in June that everything would be ready two months later got to the end of August with the work unfinished in the Emergency Department. In short, this person has contradicted himself," she said. Mónica Seidi recalled that the current Government was the first to carry out "a planned action to modernise and replace equipment that was completely obsolete and more than 20 years old" at the Ponta Delgada Hospital. She also presented specific figures regarding healthcare activity: "In the Region's three hospitals, the total number of day hospital consultations in 2024 was almost 88 thousand, 15% more than in 2019; the global number of surgeries in 2024 stood at 12 thousand, 32% more than in 2019; the total number of medical consultations in 2024 reached 330 thousand, 42% more than in 2019. In island health units, the global number of medical consultations in 2024 was almost 579 thousand, 15% more than in 2019." She concluded: "There is one thing I will not give up: for me, the well-being and safety of health users is above politics and parties. This is my guiding principle."
February 12, 2025
Mónica Seidi announces that 31 HDES nurses have withdrawn liability waivers with opening of modular emergency room
The Regional Secretary for Health and Social Security, Mónica Seidi, announced today that 31 nurses from the Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo (HDES) have withdrawn the liability waivers they had signed, due to the "lack of structural conditions and degradation of the existing facilities," following the full opening of the emergency department at the hospital's modular structure. "In the former Ponta Delgada emergency department, 31 nurses declared that they were not responsible for the consequences of their care given the existing conditions. As such, they signed liability waivers. The reason for these waivers was very clear: lack of structural conditions and degradation of the existing facilities. It is with satisfaction, as a government official and health professional, that I announce that these liability waivers have just been withdrawn with the full opening of the modular hospital's emergency department," she said. She spoke at the Regional Legislative Assembly in Horta during a debate on the HDES, which was devastated by a fire in May last year. The Regional Secretary declared that there are no doubts that the withdrawal of the liability waivers was a clear sign of confidence in the new facilities. She recalled that, according to the Portuguese Medical Association, the opening of the modular hospital was "a significant step towards health in the Region" while the Portuguese Nursing Association considers the unit "an indispensable support solution." In this context, the conditions of the new emergency service "guarantee more safety than the old facilities, which some people wanted to reopen anyway," she continued. Regarding a June report by the Hospital's Facilities and Equipment Department, which stated that the Emergency Department could reopen by "carrying out small comfort interventions that could be completed within 60 days," the government official recalled: "On August 26, 2024, 69 days after that report was drawn up, the administrator responsible for Facilities and Equipment informed the Regional Secretariat for Health, and I quote, that «all the cleaning and filter replacement work in the air treatment units in the entire west wing, except for the Emergency Department, has been complete.» End of quote." "In other words, someone who assured us in June that everything would be ready two months later got to the end of August with the work unfinished in the Emergency Department. In short, this person has contradicted himself," she said. Mónica Seidi recalled that the current Government was the first to carry out "a planned action to modernise and replace equipment that was completely obsolete and more than 20 years old" at the Ponta Delgada Hospital. She also presented specific figures regarding healthcare activity: "In the Region's three hospitals, the total number of day hospital consultations in 2024 was almost 88 thousand, 15% more than in 2019; the global number of surgeries in 2024 stood at 12 thousand, 32% more than in 2019; the total number of medical consultations in 2024 reached 330 thousand, 42% more than in 2019. In island health units, the global number of medical consultations in 2024 was almost 579 thousand, 15% more than in 2019." She concluded: "There is one thing I will not give up: for me, the well-being and safety of health users is above politics and parties. This is my guiding principle."