As part of the policy of decentralization of services, so that the population is served close to its place of origin, with comfort and monitoring of their families, the Government of Tocantins set up clinical analysis laboratories last week , in the regional hospitals of Gurupi, Dianópolis, Augustinópolis and Arapoema. The contracts concluded by the State Department of Health (SES-TO), through a call for tenders, will serve the units of Arraias, Alvorada and Araguaçu in February.

The expansion of the service offer should serve the 17 hospitals of the state network and is estimated at 27.2 million reais, and which will allow savings of more than 12% to the public coffers, according to a survey carried out by the Superintendence of the own Hospital Units (SUHP), of SES-TO.

According to the Secretary of State for Health, Afonso Piva de Santana, the laboratories will ensure the agility, safety and quality of patient care. “That they have a faster diagnosis and therefore recovery, not to mention the shortened distance between him and the place of care,” said the official.

SUHP manager Elaine Negre said the service will contribute to the work of the unified health system. “Provide patients with more precise care at the time of treatment. The benefit is the guarantee of continuous assistance to the population of the 139 municipalities of Tocantins”.

For the patient admitted to the Augustinópolis Regional Hospital, Rafaela El Kadre, “this type of care is an important point for treatment, because we know immediately what we have, and it is easier for us to improve and going out”, he said, adding that “The service provided by the lab technician was very good and very human”.

“The installation of this laboratory in our unit is a very important gain for the assistance of our patients. Thanks to the new form of contraction operated by Secretary Afonso, companies are taking over large and small hospitals. It is a great success! said the director general of the regional hospital of Alvorada, Sidoman Neves.