Complaints about pediatric care in Joinville, north of Santa Catarina, have become commonplace in recent months, with parents complaining about a lack of specialists and delayed care, leading to the formation of a group to discuss the problem in the public sphere. .and private.

UPA Sul resumed pediatric care – Photo: Google Maps/Reproduction

And one of the actions approved by the group was to step up assistance with three new baby scales in the city, which began operating this Monday (4) in East UPA and South UPA, which are resuming child care after six months. .

The conclusion of the contract was made possible thanks to an agreement signed between the mayor’s office and the Bethesda Institution. It is designed for 5 months and provides for a total investment of 2.4 million reais with a monthly cost of 486,400 reais for the maintenance of three scales.

The agreement was not only presented to the working group, but was approved by the municipal health board and approved by the Joinville City Council.

This Monday, the first day of the new scales, patients complained about the delay in pediatric care at UPA Sul. According to the mayor’s office, this is due to the adaptation of new professionals to the working environment, which, according to the mayor’s office, was already expected.