The clinical director of the Amadora-Sintra Local Health Unit (ULS) for the hospital area submitted a request to cease her duties, citing “personal reasons”, the administration confirmed this Tuesday, October 7th.
A note sent by the board of directors to the heads of the health unit, cited by Lusa, states that, “for reasons of a personal nature, Dr. Diana Sousa Mendes, executive member with the role of clinical director for the hospital area of ULS Amadora-Sintra, presented the request to cease exercising the position she had been holding”.
The ULS administration will immediately begin the process of replacing the Hospital Clinical Director, “seeking to ensure the greatest possible speed in this procedure”. Until the process is completed, Diana Sousa Mendes will remain in office.
The board of directors says it understands and accepts the reasons presented by the doctor and asked the “collaboration and commitment of all professionals to ensure the normality of hospital activity during this period of transition”.
Diana Sousa Mendes took office in March this year, when the current board of directors chaired by Carlos Sá took office.
ULS Amadora-Sintra integrates the Fernando Fonseca Hospital, the new Sintra Hospital and the primary health care units in the municipalities of Amadora and Sintra, serving a population of around 600 thousand people.