07/05/2013
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Agency of Brazil
Brasilia - To reduce the waiting times for eye surgery in the Unified Health System (SUS), federal university hospitals began today (4) a campaign focusing surgeries to correct cataracts. The expectation of the Brazilian Hospital Services (Ebserh) which coordinates the action, that is, until Sunday (7), 820 surgical procedures are performed on patients registered in the system. The company is under the Ministry of Education.
A cataract is the loss of transparency of the lens, the eye's natural lens, which can lead to blindness. The task force is part of the National Policy for Elective Surgical Procedures for Medium Complexity, Ministry of Health, coordinated by Ebserh. According to a spokesperson of the company will be held two more task forces for the specialties of oncology, prostate, gynecology and general surgery and vascular.
At University Hospital, Federal University of Maranhão (HU-UFMA) procedures started at 7am. Of the 35 patients waiting for surgery in the morning, 26 have been met. A spokesperson for the hospital also reported that the average attendance will be 70 surgeries per day until Saturday (6), totaling just over 200. Work in procedures, 20 professionals among ophthalmologists, anesthesiologists, nurses, nursing technicians and administrative staff.
The attendance at the university hospital Bettina Ferro de Souza, Federal University of Pará (UFPA), began on Tuesday (2), with 40 surgeries already performed. According to clinical director of the hospital, Roselis Gonçalves, the goal is to operate 140 patients until next Tuesday (9), when the task force closes in the hospital.
At the university hospital Cantídio Walter, Federal University of Ceará (UFC), the correction surgeries cataract not happen during the task force. The advice of the UFC reported that patients undergo examinations and assessments and that the date for completion of the surgeries yet to be defined.
Edition: Marcos Chagas
Source: Agency Brazil
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