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The historical Coimbra Military Hospital was demoted to Health Center , but now seems to have found a revitalization way?
This structure continues to ensure the its two large areas, which is the care (like any civil hospital), but also operational health, we were conferred on it.
Today, perhaps, our army does not justify having individual structures, because there were 200 thousand soldiers in the ranks in 1974, and today is 18,000. Therefore, it makes sense to have the size of that time, but it makes sense to keep two areas: care for the military who live here, to the security forces, for families and for a very important group, which are the weaknesses of the Armed Forces of the region; and operational health, with the aim of preparing the military contingents have international missions, either in their selection, training, aprontamento, monitoring and evaluation mission in return. The other task is to prepare health professionals, doctors, nurses and first responders, who will accompany the troops on the ground.
That is, ensure that the military is in full to face adversity?
The military is no hero, is an individual who is prepared to have the best physical and mental ability, what we today call resilience. When they are in a hostile environment must be able to adapt, such as health personnel accompanying them. Are all military, civilians can not go.
This preparation of military here is done how often?
Is a regular task, given that Portugal is involved in three theaters of operations in which the quotas are renewed twice a year. They are normally six months missions, whether in Kosovo, Afghanistan or smaller groups for African countries. As we are the most differentiated unit, also happens to come by in the preparation which also does in Santa Margarida.
How many operational involved a year
are about 300 men in each force, a total per year between 1,500 and 2,000 men. Only after the work carried out here is that you can ensure the health state of readiness of the force. Can not follow people with risk factors, or even sick. This preparation charge has to develop over the last three or four years, and will now be the priority.
Note that we no longer have this hospital admission, which was the attendance area, becoming a center clinician. We still have 40 beds, but only prevention in disaster relief, by the way, how he came to be worked out in the flu season last February. In such cases we can also trigger the valence of surgery, which is now only done on an outpatient conditions.
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