I come by this means directing me to you to clarify, as possible, the issues for which seeking advice and answers actually concrete. Thus, after requesting to some entities which dignassem to give me some information, I noted that I was or not sufficiently clear or received answers that had nothing to be with the information that I had requested.
So, to remove any doubt about the issues for which they seek a total and complete clarification, all first to freedom of summarize, as far as possible, for which the vicissitudes spent and that today raise me a series of questions for which want answers enlightening and concrete.
The fundamental issue and relevant leads me to make this detailed description is related to the quality of health care delivery that oral received during my entire period of training, particularly among the 80 and the end of my degree, which concluded at the University in Lisbon.
Although you can focus on here other health problems, the fund's relevant question for me is just to be with the oral health care of that (not) have been provided, which now much and I question that I need right now as I hit and I are the mark and will definitely mark me for the rest of my life, both physical and psychological. I know that you will, with power of decision-making and, therefore, with clear responsibilities in terms of health policies oral followed in Portugal, at least the birth of 1975, can carefully analyze my questions and provide me correctly the appropriate answers.
As far as I recall, always had problems of oral health - I remember perfectly still walk in the lap of maternal and already suffering from pain in teeth. I must clarify that my parents were farmers, my father and my mother is illiterate not completed primary education; my childhood has always been in rural areas, far from urban centres and better medical care. Unfortunately failed me, because at that time, the initial provision of oral health care.
I lived with my family in a rural town of Alentejo: Alandroal - there was enrolled in Health Centre site, which was exactly what got the first oral health care. Then I will explain how working: I know that I was instructed by the family doctor, then (end of the seventies) to the query of "dentist" - the Health Centre of Alandroal I remember that he travelled a "dentist" of Elvas. Generally there were twelve to fifteen people to be seen in a morning, as soon as this came dentist, go to form a queue Indian and comes to take an injection (anesthesia) - I think the same syringe used to inject everyone.
Shortly after the start extractions… I can not remember any other types of consultation there practised; only were up there extractions (no cleaning or other treatments). At the end of two hours they were all "treaties" and although there would be the "dentist".
I would have my twelve or thirteen years, the treatments such that the dentist made me were solely to extract teeth - never have made a radiography or any other type of oral treatment. If after ten minutes failed to draw me a root or a tooth, the dentist "marked a new query me for eight or fifteen days later, so a root harder to extract took sometimes three or four "sessions", ie more than a month to be extracted.
I do not know exactly why I tired of both go there and never have finished the treatment (which consisted solely to do extractions), but I have never seen such that the "dentist" did or had any written record of the treatments that was - was all along, or they were children, adults or elderly. However, from 1980 began to suffer from tinnitus that, unfortunately, still reside in my head, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year (I do not know to what extent they will have been caused by treatments made by saying, "dentist" ; unfortunately consulted many experts in neurology, OTR but not one managed to suppress the symptom that causes me the tinnitus).
When did fifteen years, noted that my friends of my age had the teeth treated - will there and asked my parents to leave me go to the city of Évora try to solve the problem of my teeth.
Depart me to the Hospital District of Évora, the receipt of the Hospital told me once that there was no vacancy for outpatient dental (or dental). I remember very well that even after I drove to the sector of consultations and came into the office where the equipment were installed for consultations in dentistry, but there was not anyone.
I have also been a "dentist" who worked on the streets of the "Arcos" in Évora, unfortunately, I think I made the biggest mistake of my life, as the "dentist" I met told me that he had to do more extractions before could do me a treatment for cleaning the teeth… Possibly by all the suffering that had already passed the Health Centre of Alandroal, then did not want to do more extractions.
I joined the University of Lisbon, the result of a scholarship.
Only able to enter the outpatient dental Medical Social Services of the University of Lisbon when you walk in the 4 th year of the University, unfortunately, too late to be treated as it should have been right from the childhood.
As a result, suffered the biggest trauma of always in my life, to have to be forced to use dental prosthesis - something that would have still been possible to avoid, I think, if the doctors that I attended from childhood had been kind enough to want to do the case because of my health.
Today I have the full consequence of all that passed by, and especially the marks that I will have to load the rest of my life, are to be due, in large part, by the way, as nobody health I knew treat as it should have been treated, I think enough of a little humility and good sense on the part of all entities to which I said that I had not fallen into what today are physical and psychological marks that have, unfortunately, to pay for the rest of my life.
I would like to make several issues, but they do not want to fall on a deaf ears and that the "guilt" (to exist) simply die maiden when I return answers to say "Look, who can respond to your questions is the entity such and … this. " My goal is very simple: never get another couple in Portugal is the victim of both contempt of health care which provide the various entities of health in our country (not know the remorse that I have now when I see, almost daily, with pre - teenagers and young people in their age of innocence, are faced now with advanced dental caries, or when I speak, showed a lack of teeth, despite their young age - that future will, in terms of happiness, these people ? Will they pass through the same ordeal that I? How many adults, and aware of the facts, will continue to bury their heads in the sand and ignore the plight of these children and young people for the rest of their lives?).
I do not want to think that, if I were the son of a president, minister, attorney-general, director-general of any public body, Chairman of the Board and Director-Clinical some Central Hospital, top military career, illustrious Mr Aware of laws or any businessman would have had all the necessary care and treatment throughout my childhood and adolescence. It is something that, quite simply, I do not want to think that could happen in Portugal…
So take full knowledge of the involved and responsible for the consequences that today have to endure is the only way to achieve a balance and achieve emotional halt the beautiful battle that is life, I do not want in any way to measure the effect that suffered, hurt going to have to suffer forever by simply not having a smile natural normal, nor do I think and reflect on it meant to me in affective and interpersonal relationships with other people. Nor am I in a position to provide all the reflexes that I have in my future health of health care that I had (not) and that, sooner or later, will be direct reflection of how I was treated (desengane up anyone else Now that, as adults, now I am not so naive as I was in childhood and adolescence, I am perfectly sure that the future will be faced with diseases resulting directly by what we spent and not me as they should have given, in terms of care health).
Furthermore, I hope that I was the only trace of contempt of the national health service by users, especially for children and youth in the case of oral health, and that from now all have a right to a simple beautiful smile, without fear to see in the mirror. Fortunately this is possible - is in the hands of those who want to send or rule on the others.
But I will never rest until we feel me very well, I know that time does not turn back and what I wanted for me today is impossible happen. But at least I want to be well psychologically me own, it can only be the day to find all the answers to my "why me?". These are issues I want draw in full: why me and why? What evil I made to the world to be so victim?
I leave a list of questions I want to see answered and clarified once and for all, without subterfuge or indirect and inconclusive answers. People exist, assume positions and must be fully accountable for roles they play or played (currently, and one year, five years or for twenty years ago). I am in full right to see clarified my doubts and to know why those things happened me.
I do not want monetary rewards or someone go to jail for having failed to provide care that should have taken me, I, that yes, I say directly to me and assume publicly the way answered me, in time, my requests for treatment.
They listed here are my questions, I hope the answers completely enlightening, emerge quickly and are public; only then will have some psychological comfort and awareness will take away the burden that weighs on myself and at least to ensure that no child ever or teenager will be treated in Portugal.
1.-Who was the "dentist" that provided service in the Health Centre of Alandroal the end of the seventies and throughout the eighties?
2.-What specific training (academic - university frequented; professional - inclusion on the Order of doctors or dentists) that such "dentist" had to deal with children and young people?
3.-What is the official authority which determined that such dentist provide service in that Health Centre?
4.-What is the institution that controls all treatments carried out by the "dentist"?
5.-How can I now access my personal process that such "dentist" should have about me? (I want today, so relevant, to have access in full to all reports that "dentist" has produced about me)
6.-Who was the clinical director at the Center for Health of Alandroal in the period in which such "dentist" there has queries?
7.-Who was the Clinical Director of the Hospital District of Évora in the 80?
8.-How were made entries in the Hospital District of the city of Evora, in the years 80, so that children and young people could be found in outpatient dental or dentistry?
9.-What are the criteria that determine the attendance of students Portuguese fellows in the consultations, or dental Dentistry of Medical Social Services of the University of Lisbon?
10.-1975, as regards health school? (I remember once I was asking for this clarification to the SASE in Lisbon and then received information that Portugal was the second country in the world to implement a school health in the education system).
I am grateful to see clarified completely have my doubts; only be fully free and psychologically me very well be the day that all enlightened view, and especially when I give the absolute certainty that not another child or youth in Portugal will be neglected in terms of oral health. Because, if there is any suffering this all, nobody can take me. Because the smile also is good for health. Well, there is.
