IGAS assesses Portimão A&E and concludes the patient should be reappointed in September, like the chairman
The inspectorate will measure the quality and safety of care. The results will arrive in time for nobody to have to read them.
The Inspectorate-General of Health Activities (IGAS) has announced that it will assess the management of the Portimão A&E. The report is due after the A&E has already been assessed by those waiting in it.
The Ministry of Health says it has received assurances. It does not clarify from whom, about what, or whether the assurances keep opening hours.
According to a ministry source, the chairman's reappointment in September and the improvement of the A&E are independent processes. They run in parallel, and only one of them has a date.
IGAS will examine the safety of care. For now, the only service demonstrably safe is the inquiry service: nobody has ever been left waiting for one.
A patient who has been waiting since Tuesday said he would rather wait for the report in the waiting room, where at least he already has a reserved seat.
The waiting time at the Portimão A&E is uncertain. The IGAS report has a firm deadline: oblivion.
The reality behind the satire
Real news · observador.pt · 11 November
IGAS vai avaliar gestão da urgência de Portimão
This story, published by a real newspaper, inspired the piece above. The Falsumundi piece is made up; this story is not.
