Former headquarters of the Hospital de Clínicas. Gentleness.
The Faculty of Medical Sciences of the National University of Asunción offers medical care aiming at the prevention of diseases in its former headquarters of the Hospital de Clínicas, located in the Sajonia neighborhood of Asunción. Assistance is coordinated by the Chair and Family Medicine Service, from Monday to Friday, but currently 50 percent of attendees arrive with symptoms compatible with arbovirosis.
One of the clinic coordinators, Prof. Dr. Fatima Gonzalez, He commented that due to the chikungunya and dengue epidemic, 50 percent of the patients who seek care arrive with clinical pictures of arbovirosis (chikungunya and dengue) and also respiratory pictures, among them you cannot stop thinking about covid-19. He clarified that in the place there is no emergencybut yes from outpatient clinics.
He explained that the headquarters of the old Hospital de Clínicas also have family doctors, nutritionists, dermatologists, and graduates in kinesiology and physiotherapy. Likewise, they have a psychology and women’s care service in the gynecological area, always seeking comprehensive patient care, first consulting a family doctor who is the one who refers to other specialists, if necessary.
Currently the office work system is carried out by order of arrival, for which those interested must take a turn during the day in the box located in the access to the old building of the former Hospital de Clínicas. From there they go to the secretary and a folder is set up for them and they go to the attention of the family doctor.
“What interests us is that he has comprehensive care, so he must first be seen by the family doctor, and from there it is seen if he needs an interconsultation with a specialist or kinesiology follow-up,” highlighted Dr. González. She added that the consultation can last about an hour, since it is provided by resident doctors, who must make the referral to the tutors of the day.
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The schedules
turns are taken from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., for the morning shift and for the afternoon shift until 5:00 p.m., at the cash desk, where you do not pay anything because the consultation is free. Medical attention is provided from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., from Monday to Friday.
academic start
On the other hand, Prof. Dra. Fátima González, reported that they are now focused on the academic beginning of the postgraduate course, for which they structure extra-mural activities. They are working on planning, taking into account that since the pandemic they are slowly activating community activities, with the idea above all of reactivating the club for the elderly and the club for pregnant women.
In addition, they have a club for chronically ill, diabetic and hypertensive patients, who receive their medication through the Ministry of Health. He stressed the importance of joining these activities and from there the medication is managed for patients.
Regarding preventive activities, he pointed out that they are planning a minga, at an institutional level that not only involves the Chair and Family Medicine Service, but also tries to integrate all the dependencies that are in Saxony. “The idea is to clean the house, because it is the place where we are most of the time. It would be done at the end of the month or in the first week of March and the students are always invited, due to the commitment to maintain the house of studies together, ”he said.
