This month, the Pulido Valente Hospital opened the first unit in the country dedicated to heart failure in the palliative care area. With the High Sponsorship of the Presidency of the Portuguese Republic, the Unit "Mais Sentido" will take care of heart failure at advanced stages, thus following and monitoring patients at home, covering a significant number of patients and also supporting their families.

The inauguration was headed by the Carlos Neves Martins, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lisboa Norte Hospital, with the special presence of the Fausto J. Pinto Chief of the CHLN Cardiology Service and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. “Nowadays, we are capable of treating several cardiac conditions in a very effective way, but the natural history of the disease is constantly increasing the number of patients and they need very significant care, he stated Fausto J. Pinto.



The day also included a complete program dedicated to the topic of palliative care and in heart failure cases, that featured the testimonies and the experienced vision of the Fausto J. Pinto Chief of the CHLN Heart and Blood Vessels Department



Carlos Neves Martins he took the chance to compliment the effort of "strategic reprogramming and the growth of the activity of the Department in the Pulido Valente Hospital, in impeccable coordination with the Board of Directors”. A Hospital that underwent several transformations since 2014 and having in mind gradual rehabilitation, the Chairman of the CHLN highlighted the area under the direct tutelage of his Administration. “ We were pleased to have noticed that the public service to the citizen in this Hospital Pulido Valente has increased from a 16to 19 specialisations in the external consulting (+19%), from 5 to 9 specialisations in the operating room (+80%) and from 4 to 6 specialisations in day hospital services (+50%), and we also have 2 new services in the campus, 1 the new centre of reference in the pulmonary rehabilitation, 1 new area for cardiac rehabilitation, 1 new area for pulmonary rehabilitation and now the pioneer Unit “Mais Sentido”.

Joana Sousa

Editorial Team

Source: HSM Communication Department/  Expresso Journal