Informação: Health users exempt from fees in primary health care, announces Secretary for Health The Regional Secretary for Health revealed in Ponta Delgada that "Azorean health users will no longer pay health care fees," which will be applied only to emergency services. “Health fees represent a minimal sum in the regional health budget and are lower compared with the rate in force in Mainland Portugal,” said Teresa Machado Luciano. According to her, "the amount of fees charged on... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government promotes project to increase blood donation among young people The Regional Government will launch this year a pilot project aimed at encouraging young people to donate blood, stated the Regional Director for Youth in Horta. Lúcio Rodrigues said this pilot project stemmed from the “establishment of synergies” between the Regional Directorates for Health and Youth, the Horta Hospital and the Faial Blood Donors' Association, admitting that it c... Mais >> Informação: All health users on São Miguel Island to have family doctor from September, announces Regional Secretary for Health The Regional Secretary for Health announced in Ponta Delgada that “all users on São Miguel Island will have a family doctor from September." In this context, the Regional Government is undertaking “all efforts to ensure that, in a short time, every Azorean citizen will have a family doctor." Teresa Machado Luciano spoke on the sidelines of the hearing at the Committee on Social Af... Mais >> Informação: Regional Director for Health highlights positive results of efforts undertaken in the Azores to combat childhood obesity The Regional Director for Health said today in Lisbon that the preliminary results of the fifth round of the Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative - COSI Portugal 2019 evidence that the work carried out in the Azores to combat childhood obesity "have yielded positive results." "Although the Azores remain the Region with the highest overweight and obesity rates, the data presented show that the... Mais >> Informação: Haemodialysis Unit of Madalena Health Centre to open soon, announces Teresa Machado Luciano The Regional Secretary for Health announced today on Pico Island that the Haemodialysis Unit of Madalena Health Centre will open soon, noting that "user safety comes first." "The Infrastructures and equipment, a Regional Government's commitment to the creation of this unit, are ready to start working. However, we are waiting for the results of the water quality analysis to be completed in order to... Mais >> Informação: Regional Health Plan for next decade is "immediate challenge," says Rui Luís The Regional Secretary for Health stated in Lagoa on São Miguel Island that the most immediate challenge in this sector will be the preparation and development of the Regional Health Plan for the next decade. "There are, at least, three areas that should deserve our special attention in terms of investment, such as continuing care, palliative care and mental health, all based on better home c... Mais >> Informação: Remodelling works of Horta Hospital and construction of Horta Health Centre to be completed in 2020 The Regional Secretary for Health said today that the remodelling of Horta Hospital and the construction of Horta Health Centre are taking place within the stipulated schedule and are expected to be completed by the end of the first half of 2020. "The foundation stone was laid in January 2019. As we can see, the works are running at a good pace and are expected to be completed by the end of the f... Mais >> Informação: School Health begins to be implemented at Youth Development and Inclusion Centres, announces Rui Luís The Regional Secretary for Health announced in Angra do Heroísmo the implementation of School Health in regional Youth Development and Inclusion Centres, thus putting into practice one of the actions provided for in the Regional Strategy to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion. "Fulfilling our commitment made in October, and following the success of school health in regular education and its e... Mais >> Informação: Regional Directorate for Health creates tool to assess risk of developing diabetes The Regional Directorate for Health is creating a tool to assess the risk of developing diabetes, announced the Regional Director. "As developed by the Directorate-General of Health with the Shared Services of the Ministry of Health, we have also created a questionnaire based on the "type 2 diabetes mellitus" integrated care process so that any citizen can assess their risk of developing diabetes... Mais >> Informação: "Water Brigades" promote consumption of drinking water at Furnas Health Fair The Regional Director for Prevention and Control of Dependencies challenged today young people to adopt the habit of drinking water for better health and better environment. Suzete Frias spoke at the "Health Fair" in Furnas, an initiative promoted by the Furnas and Povoação school group. On the occasion, she presented the SMS@Água project, which provides for the creation of the Wate... Mais >>
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