‘Plaza com’: “What is the point of having a hospital with all the capacities when we don’t have enough people?”

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

The guest on ‘Plaza com’ this Wednesday, Drumond Freitas, director of the Cardiology Service at SESARAM, considers that the construction of the new hospital is an added value but “it is necessary to bear in mind that there is a lack of people”.

“What’s the point of having a hospital with all the capabilities when we don’t have enough people?” asks the cardiologist.

In the future, “we will have to invest heavily in human resources, both in high technology, in order to make it attractive for people to come here”, stresses the specialist, adding that “it is an extremely well-made hospital, extremely well-managed, but without people, nothing will work”.

From Jornal Madeira

The waiting lists are outrageous on this island, even when paying private, you are waiting 3- 4 months to see a specialist in most areas.

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11 Responses

  1. 3-4 months to see a specialist ? In the UK we dream of that. It’s more like 12-18 months, or more sometimes.

    1. Nicky, Indeed, whilst reading this I was thinking about the obvious parallels to the UK: lack of staff and investment in technology.

  2. In ‘my ‘ experience it depends which and what route you go through.
    I have nothing but praise for the medical services here on Madeira and know people including myself that wouldn’t be here if it was not for the excellent, professional and prompt attention.
    Waiting lists can be days or weeks not years like the U.K.
    This is a comment via public and private services
    The big hospital Is calculating and considering the population boom ahead, very astute actually !!

    1. Antonio Lamas
      What great country Portugal without any need waiting years or lists for doctors and analysis plus treatments . 🤔

  4. LOST IN TRANSLATION?

    Tobi, this article probably has not a translation that makes a person understand it. It looks like when back in the day I studied philosophy.
    It’s open for interpretation and then someone will say that I have to put me in the place of the author… haha
    I work in a restaurant and one time when opening a location a good friend of the boss told that “ we don’t have enough people” in this neighborhood (patrons) to make it profitable!
    Not long ago a restaurant owner would like to open a new restaurant in a upstate NY city and he told “we don’t have enough people” in the city to staff all the restaurants, there will be patrons all year round but not kitchen staff neither people to serve.

    So the question here is very simple. There is a new hospital with all gadgets but “we don’t have enough people”, to staff it and patients will be in the waiting list or
    This new hospital has all the gadgets and technicians but there is not enough patients.

    Lost in translation?

  5. Well that is happening every were they built new Health Centre in Mem Martins Sintra complete new with all the gadgets but there isn’t enough staff nursers and doctors to fill in the supposed Health Centre without staff this will not work properly at all .

    1. Do as the NHS in the UK does, recruit from overseas e.g. the Philippines, Indonesia and Africa!

      1. Sure, that’s how a migrant moves legally to a new country with a safety net of having the roof and food secure.
        It’s just like a simple principle: when any of us open a faucet and water runs. We make sure the water comes from some source to the end in need!

    2. Isabel Oliveira, you mentioned above above “isn’t enough staff “
      That’s right, but this article is not mentioned staff or patients, that’s I call it philosophical or lost in translation or bad journalism!
      The “language” of journalism is slightly different when it comes for print, radio or TV.
      I did NOT watch the tv show, so the article is supposed to report with a way to the reader visualize it.
      My major is not journalism but on my youth many articles were printed weekly on a Santarém regional newspaper. Also I had 2 radio weekly radio show (3 hours), including be chosen for a interview with President of Portugal that I’m proud of it, in special when he turns to me and says “but you are just a kid” (the radio did not show age or race)

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