Bethlehem Military Hospital.
The original hospital, founded in 1890 and originally a convent, is in
the zone of Belém (Bethlehem). The old
convent/hospital is now the Centre of Military Preventive Medicine and a
specialist outpatients centre. The new
hospital was built in 1972 and provides care for members of the Portuguese
Navy, Army, Air Force, Security Forces and their families. It has a 250-bed capacity and treats patients
with acute and chronic illnesses and injuries and provides health education for
all ages and genders. The hospital
pharmacy is located on the fourth floor and holds minimal stock in order to
decrease overheads. Dispensing to ward
patients is done here as well as the construction of personal first aid kits
for member deploying overseas. This
pharmacy does not stock fluids or medical consumables; these are kept in two
separate buildings, none of which are environmentally controlled, and they do
not use NATO Stock Numbers. There is a
community pharmacy within the hospital, for use by outpatients.
Military Laboratory for Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals. The laboratory was created in 1947 and is the
responsible for the production and supply of medicines, medical devices, and
chemicals for the Portuguese Military.
It is often referred to as the “Factory of the Army”. The Mission of the LMPQF is to: provide
logistical support to the acquisition, production and distribution of medicines
and medical consumables; establish and maintain strategic reserves for use in
emergency situations; provide primary health care (analytical) and field
sanitation (water analysis, disinfection and rodent control) services; promote
research and development; form the military cadre for pharmacists; and provide
pharmaceutical support to the military and “military family”. At the end of the
tour, some of us were presented with gifts – I got a Swiss Army knife and vase.
Someone organised for us to have dinner at a Fado restaurant, for those
of us who were available. We had a long table and were in a large room with
lots of other people.
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