Africa-Press – Cape verde. The São Francisco de Assis Regional Hospital, in Fogo, does not have an ambulance. The patients have been transported in open-box vehicles, or they are dependent on the Civil Protection ambulance, or those from the health centers of Mosteiros and Santa Catarina.
This information was revealed to inforpress by the director of this hospital, Liziana Barros, when asked about why patients who are transferred on a stretcher to Hospital Agostinho Neto, in Praia, are transported to the São Filipe aerodrome in open-box vehicles. of the said hospital.
Acquisition
“The hospital does not have an ambulance and it is known at the central level and we are waiting for a solution”, said Liziana Barros, stressing that the acquisition process is in the final stage.
As for the information that the hospital’s ambulances are broken, the director of the hospital countered: “it’s not that they are broken”, adding that the hospital does not have ambulances.
She also guaranteed that, when she took over her duties, a year ago, she did not find an ambulance.
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