Clipping of news on Brazilian Culture, Law and Citizenship
27/02/2012
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Rio de Janeiro - The Minister of Health, Alexandre Padilha, announced it will open 50 beds in the Unified Health System (SUS) in a private clinic in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, to vent the State Hospital Albert Schweitzer, the largest emergency region. The minister visited the hospital today to analyze the needs of the unit, part of the SOS program Emergencies, the Ministry of Health
The Albert Schweitzer is one of 11 hospitals that are receiving funds from the Ministry of Health to improve its service and to purchase emergency equipment. The opening of 50 beds in private hospitals, which is located a few meters away from the public hospital, is one of the interventions of the federal program.
One of the problems facing the Hospital Albert Schweitzer is just the overcrowding of emergency, which serves about 400 people per day. According to the State Health Department, the emergency has only six beds, but there are usually other 50 emergency patients admitted who are on stretchers and other types of bedding.
"The forecast is that the opening of these beds is made in the first half of this year, so that patients who are now in the halls [Albert Schweitzer] continue to be met by teams of Albert Schweitzer, with the same protocols, but in a more appropriate, "he said.
Padilha said the private hospital known as Dr. Till, will receive an extra charge per bed to act as rear guard for the Albert Schweitzer. "Normally, SUS paid R$ 150 on average for admission, per day, a patient's emergency care. How will he be a hospital back to the SOS Emergency, as an incentive to open these beds, we will pay R$ 300 on average, "he said.
According to the minister, is also adopted a pattern of daily monitoring of patients in beds, to ensure that patients remain hospitalized longer than necessary, thus occupying space that could be used by others.
Also according to the minister, will be created in 43 intensive care beds to be added to the 25 beds that already exist in the state hospital. The Albert Schweitzer receive this year more than R$ 6 million to carry out these improvements, through the Emergency SOS program.
Source: Journal of Health
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