Hospital providing care due to water shortage.
Several sectors of the University Hospital of Alagoas – such as the maternity ward, the surgical center and the nephrology unit – have suspended services until the water supply is restored. The problem reportedly started yesterday (02) and, today, the reservoirs are already empty. Services will only be resumed after the water supply is normalized. The responsibility for the problem lies with the Alagoas Water Supply Company (Casal).
Alagoas247 - After the lack of medicines at the University Hospital of Alagoas (HU), a problem that led to a reduction in the number of beds in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) last week, the lack of water has been affecting services at the unit this Monday (3). In addition to the absence of water in the taps, the proper supply of mineral water – necessary for carrying out some medical procedures – is also not happening, according to employees at the site.
“We are asking patients who need to drink water before their exams to buy the liquid if they don't want to miss their appointment. This is absurd and cannot happen under any circumstances,” stated nursing technician Nadja Lopes, a member of the Union of Workers of the Federal University of Alagoas (Sintufal).
According to Nadja, hospital staff have faced many difficulties in ensuring care for patients seeking treatment at the unit. "The surgical center, for example, is closed because everything is lacking, from dipyrone to anesthetic," the employee emphasizes.
The HU's communications office, in turn, does not confirm a lack of bottled water at the facility, but only a lack of water in the taps, which led several sectors of the hospital – such as the maternity ward and the surgical center – to suspend services this Monday until the water supply is restored.
“We are not aware of this shortage of bottled water. What is happening is a lack of water supplied by Casal. This problem reportedly started yesterday, and today the reservoirs are already empty. Therefore, work cannot continue in some sectors. Services will only resume after the water supply returns to normal,” he informed.
According to the press office, the hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) will be fully reopened – with 10 beds available – this Wednesday (5).
The Alagoas Water Supply Company (Casal) has confirmed the problem with the water supply. According to its press office, company technicians are working to identify and resolve the issue.
With gazetaweb.com