The Mayor of Cantanhede, Helena Teodosio, confirmed on Tuesday 25 July the desire to receive the transfer of competencies in the field of health. But to do so, they claim to “comply with protocol regarding open consultations and clarification of nursing functions” in the municipality.
In his speech during the official session of Municipal Day, the mayor indicated that the local hospital had been emptied by various ministries of health. “A hospital that had emergency, maternity, diagnostic aids, an operating room and specialist consultations, a hospital after everything we now consider it should be again,” he said.
Addressing the Secretary of State for Social Security Gabriel Bastos – who presided over the ceremony outside the Town Hall – Helena Teodosio asked to mediate with the government on this request of her municipality which appears in an appendix submitted to the holder of the health portfolio, Manuel Pizarro.
In that document, in addition to complying with the protocol,” there are also “headings that contain values less than what we understand to be fair and necessary.” “I think Mr. He stressed that the minister will be sensitive to our arguments and that we can soon sign the report for the good of citizens and the quality of health in the municipality.
Watch Direto Notícias de Coimbra with Mayor Helena Teodósio
The official session of Cantanhead Municipal Day was its high point in handing over the city medal to the local Santa Casa da Misericordia. An institution established 450 years ago which, according to Helena Teodosio, was “for centuries the only organized social response in favor of the poorest and most vulnerable in the region, having subsequently expanded its activity to other regions”.
At the moment, it has been adding “equivalence and expanding its range of services to a range that is adjusted according to the growing social demands, in perfect fulfillment of its mission, whether for the benefit of children, youth, the elderly, people with disability or disability and those who live in situations of need or dependence, whether in supporting social and community integration or in health promotion”.
Watch live news from Coimbra with the official session of Cantanhead Municipal Day
The ceremony included interventions by the mayors of the Cantanhide twinning municipalities (Rio Mayor, Meda and Cantanhede do Maranhao, in Brazil), the president of the CIM district of Coimbra, Emilio Turía, and the mayor of Cantanhide, João Mora.
The municipality also awarded the Lima de Faria Award to student María da Silva Oliveira Branco and paid tribute to the staff who completed 25 years of service and all those who retired in the past year. Voices of praise and recognition were also given to local associations and businesses that have completed 25, 50 and 75 years of existence. There were also moments of musical interlude with cantanore tenor Gabriel Santos and pianist Rita Namorado.
