Ana Paula Martins stated, this Tuesday, that she “did not expect” the strike of pre-hospital emergency technicians (TEPH) for overtime. The strike, suspended this Thursday, lasted just over a week and caused delays in service that could have led to deaths, which are under investigation. But the union that represents these professionals (STEPH) warned the Minister of Health on October 10, the same date on which you submitted a ten days to start negotiationscontacts that were never answered, says Expresso.
INEM. The union of emergency technicians ends the strike after meeting with the Minister of Health
STEPH sent an email, notifying the ministry to formalize the strike notice for October 30, but, in the same message sent on October 10, detailed its demands and announced that The strike would only be formalized on the 20th.. These ten days were intended to leave “His Excellency” some leeway. to Possible measures that could reverse claims“, according to the weekly. The message was sent to the minister, her chief of staff, the two secretaries of State and the president of INEM. The president of STEPH, Rui Lázaro, tells Expresso that this negotiation request “was ignored”.
The prior notice was sent the same day to all the necessary entities and, without responses, the strike began on the 30th. Only this Wednesday the Ministry of Health called the union to an emergency negotiating meeting, which came to fruition: the. The overtime strike was suspended “immediately” this Thursday.
Seven deaths in one week. All cases include reports of delays in hotline assistance.
The emergence of the meeting called by Ana Paula Martins was probably the result of the crisis that arose during the eight days of strike: waiting times on line 112 increased to an average of more than 30 minutes and delays in service were recorded. Seven people died after contacting 112, contacts in which delays were reported. The incidents have already led to the opening of investigations by the General Inspection of Health Activities, in addition to an investigation by the Public Ministry, into one of the deaths, registered in Almada, to investigate a possible relationship between the delays and the deaths. .
Source: Observadora
