Africa-Press – Cape verde. The Ombudsman, José Carlos Delgado, defended, this Tuesday, that urgent thought should be given to elevating the Boa Vista health station to the category of Regional Hospital, with all the facilities, to avoid medical evacuations to other areas. Islands.
The Ombudsman, who started, this Tuesday, 31, a three-day visit to the island of Boa Vista, launched this challenge, in statements to the press, before meeting with the island’s live forces.
This person in charge reached this conclusion after visiting that health structure and meeting with the local Health Delegate.
As he said, this is an urgent matter, which must be analyzed in all its valences, in order to avoid evacuations to other islands, namely Santiago and São Vicente.
“This would be a great gain for the island, which is touristy, and also for the citizens of Boa Vista, who deserve specialized care. There is, in the health unit, for example, equipment for stomatology, physiotherapy, but there are no specialists for these works ”, he analyzed.
Operating room
Also in this sector, the official found that it was also necessary to complete the operating room, which began in 2019, and to reduce the great demand for evacuations of pregnant women with complications.
“If you want Boa Vista to develop and to have a tourist island, you have to create conditions in terms of health, so that people can feel safe” he challenged.
Nursery working conditions
Alongside health, José Carlos Varela also visited the facilities of the Ministry of Agriculture, having stressed, in a meeting with the Delegate for the area, the need to improve conditions for people who work in forest perimeter projects, earning a salary below 250 $ per day, as in the East Plateau, in Santo Antão.
In this regard, on the other hand, he was satisfied with the announcement of an increase to the national minimum wage, in the 2023 state budget, with the registration, also, in the social security system.
child protection
The setting up of the Day Center to solve the problem of children on the street in Boa Vista, and the execution of the court sentence for payment of alimony were other issues that were on the agenda, during a visit to the Cape Verdean Institute for Children and Adolescents .
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