Azores Situation Report Wednesday 20th September 2023

CUF Hospital in Lagoa will carry out heart surgery from October onwards, such as coronary valve replacement and bypass placement. 

 There are around 120 patients awaiting heart surgery in the archipelago, and interventions to replace coronary valves or bypass placement will begin at the end of October, no longer requiring patients to travel to the mainland and Madeira.
This will be possible with the protocol that will be signed between the Government of the Region and CUF Açores. Therefore, these surgeries will be carried out from the end of this month at the private hospital, in Lagoa.

With the reinforced capacity, which CUF Açores is now guaranteeing to the Region, there will be cardiac surgery in the Azores which will reduce and even eliminate the list of around 120 patients over time. “It is my deep conviction that by the end of October we will have this offer registered”, stated the President of the Government.

José Manuel Bolieiro left words of “welcome, satisfaction and hope” for the group’s presence in the Region, and defending a “rational and intelligent complementarity” between the private and social sector with the Regional Health Service.

Researchers from the universities of Liverpool and the Azores launch book on earthquakes and volcanoes 

The presentation of the book “Earthquakes and Volcanic Activity on Island: History and contemporary Perspectives from the Azores”, by authors David Chester, Angus Duncan, Rui Coutinho and Nicolau Wallenstein from the universities of Liverpool and the Azores, will take place on the 18th of September , at 6 pm, in amphitheatre VIII on the Ponta Delgada campus of the University of the Azores.

The work represents a synthesis of collaborative work over almost three decades and focuses on the impact and responses to historic earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in the Azores. The study is placed in the contexts of history and geography and the progress made in predicting future events and risk reduction policies. It addresses seismic and volcanic activities throughout the archipelago, based on published scientific research and careful study of historical archival materials. It analyses, in some depth, the tectonics and geology of the islands, making the target audience include all those interested in geology, geography, history and responses to risks in the Azores, having been written for the educated reader, in general, but also for experts in Earth Sciences and Risk Assessment.