Algarve Situation Report Wednesday 6^th October 2021

Order wants more nurses in the Algarve but hospitals are already looking for professionals in Spain

The president of the Ordem dos Enfermeiros today called for the hiring of more professionals for the Hospital and University Center of the Algarve (CHUA), but the administration says there is no one to hire and are looking for nurses in Spain.

Speaking to journalists on the side lines of a visit to Faro hospital, Ana Rita Cavaco considered it essential to hire “more nurses” for CHUA, as well as “changes in the organization and emergency circuit” and “one-off” corrections in Cardiology services and Surgery 1.

“We are talking about a hospital that, in terms of the ratio of nurses per thousand inhabitants, at the moment, is one of the worst in the country. This hiring has to be constant, so that we can go in time to keep services and functional areas open, otherwise, we cannot serve the population”, he said.

The visit of the bastonária takes place after, in August, 65 of the 72 Nurses of the Emergency Department of CHUA have presented a declaration of disclaimer of responsibility, alleging lack of conditions to provide care.

The nurse director of CHUA argued that, since the new administration took office two years ago, it has already hired “250 nurses”, a number that is “manifestly insufficient”, although there is a concern to admit professionals according to the “availability of those who appear ” in the business market.

“We have been hiring all the nurses who have shown us availability to work at CHUA”, assured Mariana Santos, stressing that the difficulty in retaining professionals in the region led the administration to establish protocols with universities in Andalusia, Spain.

The objective is to hire newly graduated professionals, from whom they have received “requests for information” and who, if they materialize, will be forwarded to the Ordem dos Enfermeiros to “formalize the process of accreditation and certification of competence in Portugal”.

São Brás de Alportel celebrates the establishment of the Republic by raising the flag, music and exhibition

The Municipality of São Brás de Alportel celebrated the 111th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic, this Tuesday, October 5th, with the flag-raising ceremony and musical moments by the São Brás de Alportel Philharmonic Band, within the scope of the Music and Monuments.

At 10:00 am, there was a gathering of members of the Humanitarian Association of Voluntary Firefighters of São Brás de Alportel and the Philharmonic Band of São Brás de Alportel, at the ceremony which took place at the Paços do Concelho. The flag was raised, with a program adapted to the Municipality’s Contingency Plan for the prevention of contagion by Covid-19.

The performances of the São Brás de Alportel Philharmonic Band, at 10:30 am in the Churchyard and at 11:15 am in Largo de São Sebastião, took place within the scope of the Music and Monuments Festival, an initiative of the Musical Confederation Portugal (CMP).

The Dr. Estanco Louro Municipal Library marks the date with the exhibition “The Presidents of the Republic, from 1910 to the present”, which will be open until this Friday, October 8th.

Portimão raises awareness of breast cancer in yet another “Pink October”

The municipality of Portimão is once again associated with the international campaign “Outubro Rosa”, with a view to raising awareness of the prevention and early diagnosis of breast cancer, in partnership with the Portuguese League against Cancer (LPCC) and the Oncological Association of the Algarve (AOA).

Thus, on October 9th, in partnership with the LPCC – Southern Regional Nucleus, the municipality will develop several Solidarity Walks and a gathering in order to raise awareness of the issue of prevention and early diagnosis of breast cancer.

The Solidarity Walks will take place from 10:00 am in the three parishes of the county, with the following coordinates: Portimão – departure from the riverside area, next to Clube Naval (registration: 282 470 813 | secretaria.gimnodesportivo@cm-portimao.pt); Alvor – departure from the Sports Complex (registration: 282 248 570 | cdalvor@cm-portimao.pt) and Mexilhoeira Grande – departure from the Sports Complex (registration: 282 248 571 | cdmexgrande@cm-portimao.pt).

Participants will be able to purchase the solidarity t-shirt in advance for a price of five euros, at the different registration points or on October 9th at the starting points of the hikes.

Loulé: Two men arrested for illegal hunting

On Sunday, the GNR Environmental Protection Nucleus detained two men, 74 and 75 years old, for the crime of hunting in non-hunting terrain, less than 250 meters from houses and villages, in the town of Monte Ruivo, municipality of Loulé.

Through an inspection action, the military detected suspects hunting in a terrain where hunting is not allowed, namely in the vicinity of a settlement.

After conducting a search of the suspects, the following objects were seized: two 12-caliber firearms; 39 12-gauge cartridges; two hunter cards and two firearm booklets.

The detainees were constituted as defendants, and the facts were referred to the Judicial Court of Loulé.

The GNR reminds that hunting is prohibited within 250 meters of homes, in accordance with current legislation.