{"id":18046,"date":"2023-04-20T18:44:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T18:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/a-message-from-rayford-kruger-md-facs-president-ceo\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T10:06:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:06:53","slug":"a-message-from-rayford-kruger-md-facs-president-ceo","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/a-message-from-rayford-kruger-md-facs-president-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Uma mensagem de Rayford Kruger, MD, FACS, Presidente e Diretor Executivo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nos \u00faltimos 27 anos, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/about-southcoast-health\/\">Sa\u00fade no Sudeste<\/a> sempre estabeleceu objectivos ambiciosos e encontrou formas inovadoras de prestar cuidados excepcionais a pessoas que se preocupam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Identificando proactivamente as necessidades da nossa regi\u00e3o, temos trazido continuamente cuidados de sa\u00fade abrangentes para a \u00e1rea, indo ao encontro dos membros da nossa comunidade onde eles se encontram. At\u00e9 \u00e0 data, enfrent\u00e1mos in\u00fameros desafios, prestando servi\u00e7os de sa\u00fade avan\u00e7ados e trabalhando com parceiros da comunidade para melhorar a sa\u00fade e o bem-estar da nossa regi\u00e3o... tanto agora como para as gera\u00e7\u00f5es vindouras. Estas s\u00e3o apenas algumas das in\u00fameras contribui\u00e7\u00f5es e desenvolvimentos que alcan\u00e7\u00e1mos nos \u00faltimos anos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Em 2002, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/locations\/charlton-memorial-hospital\/\">Memorial de Charlton<\/a> tornou-se o primeiro hospital comunit\u00e1rio em Massachusetts a realizar cirurgias de cora\u00e7\u00e3o aberto e estabeleceu um programa abrangente de sa\u00fade card\u00edaca.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Em 2008, a Southcoast Health introduziu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/robots\/\">cirurgia rob\u00f3tica<\/a> para a nossa regi\u00e3o, proporcionando procedimentos minimamente invasivos com tempos de recupera\u00e7\u00e3o mais r\u00e1pidos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Em 2009, a Southcoast Health abriu o <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/cancer-centers\/\">Centro de Oncologia<\/a> no Charlton Memorial Hospital, em Fall River, para levar cuidados oncol\u00f3gicos clinicamente avan\u00e7ados \u00e0 regi\u00e3o da Costa Sul.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Em 2011, foi inaugurado o segundo centro de cancro em Fairhaven para expandir a nossa capacidade de prestar cuidados mais pr\u00f3ximos e mais convenientes aos nossos doentes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Em 2011, o <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/brain-and-spine-treatment\/#\/slot-search\/specialtyGroup\/7DEAE7B0-3204-4BCA-B60F-5BDBB8FA9C02\">Centro de Sa\u00fade do C\u00e9rebro e da Coluna Vertebral de Southcoast<\/a> foi fundada.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Em 2013, foi inaugurado em Fairhaven o primeiro dos actuais seis cuidados urgentes em toda a regi\u00e3o.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Em 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/southcoast-health-trauma-center\/\">Centro de Trauma de N\u00edvel II<\/a> em <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/locations\/st-lukes-hospital\/\">Hospital St. Luke's<\/a> recebeu a designa\u00e7\u00e3o oficial do Departamento de Sa\u00fade P\u00fablica.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Em 2022, o <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/locations\/emergency-services-tobey\/\">Centro de Emerg\u00eancia Tobey<\/a> A expans\u00e3o foi inaugurada na primavera de 2022, proporcionando cuidados de emerg\u00eancia avan\u00e7ados \u00e0 regi\u00e3o.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Para al\u00e9m destas realiza\u00e7\u00f5es not\u00e1veis, a nossa equipa, tanto na linha da frente como nos bastidores, passou os \u00faltimos tr\u00eas anos a lutar contra a crise mundial de sa\u00fade p\u00fablica, a COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Agora, estamos de novo a enfrentar outra crise global: a sa\u00fade do nosso clima, que afecta diretamente a sa\u00fade de todos n\u00f3s.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A n\u00edvel nacional, o sector da sa\u00fade \u00e9 respons\u00e1vel por cerca de 8,5 por cento do total das emiss\u00f5es de gases com efeito de estufa, o que significa que temos a obriga\u00e7\u00e3o de agir de forma decisiva e imediata. Em junho passado, a Southcoast Health comprometeu-se, juntamente com outros l\u00edderes nacionais do sector da sa\u00fade, a assinar o compromisso do Presidente Biden de reduzir as emiss\u00f5es organizacionais de gases com efeito de estufa em 50 por cento at\u00e9 2030 e alcan\u00e7ar uma pegada de carbono l\u00edquida zero at\u00e9 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perto de casa, <a href=\"https:\/\/thetrustees.org\/content\/state-of-the-coast-report-south-coast\/\">um relat\u00f3rio de setembro<\/a> do Trustees of the Reservations sobre a subida do n\u00edvel do mar, sublinhou a amea\u00e7a iminente de inunda\u00e7\u00e3o de p\u00e2ntanos, empresas e casas nas comunidades costeiras do sudeste de Massachusetts. Este relat\u00f3rio, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/22064906-weather_climatechangereport_final?responsive=1&amp;title=1\">bem como investiga\u00e7\u00e3o adicional<\/a>sublinha a necessidade de uma a\u00e7\u00e3o concertada r\u00e1pida para travar as emiss\u00f5es de gases com efeito de estufa at\u00e9 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Para al\u00e9m de afectarem o nosso ambiente, a nossa propriedade e os nossos espa\u00e7os p\u00fablicos, as altera\u00e7\u00f5es clim\u00e1ticas s\u00e3o uma crise de sa\u00fade p\u00fablica premente, uma vez que a incid\u00eancia de asma, cancro, doen\u00e7as cardiovasculares, ataques card\u00edacos, acidentes vasculares cerebrais e doen\u00e7as transmitidas por insectos est\u00e1 a aumentar devido aos gases com efeito de estufa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00c9 imperativo atingir esses objectivos, e orgulhamo-nos de dizer que j\u00e1 come\u00e7\u00e1mos esse trabalho.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A partir da primavera de 2023:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Design\u00e1mos um l\u00edder de n\u00edvel executivo, respons\u00e1vel por todas as actividades associadas ao Compromisso HHS, bem como por liderar as numerosas actividades da Southcoast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/southcoast-health-sustainable-future\/\">iniciativas de sustentabilidade<\/a> em todo o sistema.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Foi criada uma equipa de sustentabilidade ambiental para supervisionar todas as actividades associadas ao Compromisso HHS e numerosas iniciativas de sustentabilidade em toda a Southcoast Health.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trabalhar em estreita colabora\u00e7\u00e3o com institui\u00e7\u00f5es de ensino superior, incluindo a UMASS Dartmouth, para colaborar e aprender as melhores pr\u00e1ticas com especialistas na mat\u00e9ria e estudantes de estudos ambientais.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Em 2022, n\u00f3s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/electric-vehicles\/\">adquiriu dois ve\u00edculos totalmente el\u00e9ctricos<\/a> para substituir a carrinha Southcoast Wellness, movida a gas\u00f3leo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Realiza\u00e7\u00e3o de um invent\u00e1rio e estabelecimento de uma linha de base para o \u00e2mbito 1 (emiss\u00f5es diretas de gases com efeito de estufa), \u00e2mbito 2 (eletricidade comprada a fontes n\u00e3o sustent\u00e1veis) e \u00e2mbito 3 (emiss\u00f5es geradas pela nossa cadeia de abastecimento).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trabalhar em estreita colabora\u00e7\u00e3o com os departamentos de todo o nosso Sistema de Sa\u00fade Southcoast para desenvolver caminhos atempados para a transi\u00e7\u00e3o para a utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o de produtos mais sustent\u00e1veis, garantindo a utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o eficiente dos produtos para minimizar os res\u00edduos e mantendo as melhores pr\u00e1ticas em iniciativas de reciclagem.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colaborar com organiza\u00e7\u00f5es externas, fornecedores e parceiros para reduzir a nossa pegada de carbono global e o impacto global na sa\u00fade do nosso clima.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Estamos empenhados em levar as li\u00e7\u00f5es que aprendemos \u00e0 comunidade em geral, com o objetivo principal de limitar os danos das altera\u00e7\u00f5es clim\u00e1ticas na nossa sa\u00fade, na nossa comunidade e no mundo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Nos \u00faltimos 27 anos, coloc\u00e1mos a sa\u00fade e o bem-estar da nossa comunidade no centro de tudo o que fazemos. Hoje sinto-me encorajado e, ao olharmos para os pr\u00f3ximos 27 anos, sei que a Southcoast Health est\u00e1 preparada para enfrentar o desafio de criar uma comunidade saud\u00e1vel e sustent\u00e1vel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Com gratid\u00e3o,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/KrugerSignature.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15882\" width=\"240\" height=\"62\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rayford Kruger, MD, FACS<br>Presidente e Diretor Executivo da Southcoast Health &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":4504,"template":"","categories":[1230],"class_list":["post-18046","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-people"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Message from Rayford Kruger, MD, FACS, President &amp; 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