More than 200 public health doctors warn of critical shortages in this area By TPN/Lusa, in News, Health · 05-02-2021 16:23:00 · 2 Comments
More than 200 doctors and Public Health interns signed a document in which they reinforce their “absolute commitment” in combating the pandemic, but they warn of the “critical needs” in this area that “was never truly the target of investment”. In the document released today, whose first signature is the president of the Association of Public Health Doctors, Ricardo Mexia, doctors lament the “huge asymmetry in the resources available in the face of needs” and the “successive attacks” that have suffered their technical autonomy and that they consider “violations of their professional dignity”. Doctors reiterate the need to materialize the long-delaye
Paediatricians and Public Health Doctors pressing for reopening of schools
Reopening special needs schools urged to support developmental needs
Paediatricians and Public Health Doctors at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland are calling for the reopening of schools, in particular special needs schools, to be prioritised to support developmental and mental health needs.
Today (February 1), the Faculties of Paediatrics and Public Health Medicine at RCPI welcomed the publication of a new report by the Health Service Executive’s (HSE’s) National Clinical Programme for Paediatrics and Neonatology that highlighted the urgent actions required to address the full impact of school closures.