01/05/2020
Why you should consider moving to Portugal???
Portugal has declared war on an invisible, silent and deadly enemy.
- A country where volunteers do shopping and deliver it to the home of the most vulnerable people;
- A country where the Food Bank ("Banco Alimentar") created an emergency network to help the most vulnerable;
- In my country, a restaurant chain made available dozens of stores daily to offer breakfast to healthcare professionals;
- An owner closed his restaurant and offered all food to employees and customers;
- And there are supermarkets that open earlier so that health professionals can shop before their shifts.
- It is in this country that dozens of renowned artists perform concerts broadcast on social networks, so that people can watch at home;
- Where school material platforms provide free content so that students, even at home, can continue their learning;
- Students without a computer at home have the chance to receive tablets to be able to follow classes;
- There is a television channel that is willing to show content to help students without internet.
- In my country, the largest telecommunications operators have come together to offer internet packages so that people, at home, can communicate with their family and friends.
- Where several finalist medical students agreed to help their future medical colleagues;
- Where 2,000 retired doctors were available to return to work;
- And hundreds of doctors and nurses, retired from the armed forces, volunteered to return to service;
- I am from a country where several sports clubs offer ventilators, provide medical teams, facilities and distribute thousands of meals to elderly people in isolation;
- And where the best football player and his agent finance three intensive care wards fully equipped with dozens of beds;
- In my country, several health professionals have created a Facebook group to answer the questions of hundreds of thousands of people;
- A group of 8 women created a civil movement that managed to acquire tens of thousands of masks for health professionals;
- Another group started a fundraiser that served to acquire dozens of medical equipment that were delivered to hospitals in the islands;
- Yes, it is in this country that several municipalities guarantee meals to safety, health and emergency professionals, and welcome their children during the day;
- Which municipalities and hotels provide rooms for health professionals to rest closer to the hospital where they work;
- It is from this country the student who started the project that brings together hundreds of specialists from all over the world so that it is possible to create ventilators quickly, cheaply and with free access;
- The Polytechnic Institutes that got together and created two prototypes of ventilators in one week;
- The Research Center that has been transformed and produces ventilators that can reach 10,000 units in a few months;
- And the Institute of Medicine that created a diagnostic test 100% made in Portugal that will reach 10,000 units.
- It is from my country the municipality that has partnered with the largest technological city in the world to import ventilators;
- Energy companies that offer dozens of ventilators, as well as electricity to various Non Profit Organizations and fuel for medical and security vehicles;
- Paper production companies that offered digital radiology equipment to a hospital;
- And the airline that transported several tons of medical equipment from China free of charge.
- In my country, the largest textile companies propose to stop production to make exclusively hospital protection material;
- Several brands of hygiene and beauty products offer thousands of protective equipment;
- I am from a country where volunteers pay for fabrics, sew hospital gowns and produce protective masks to give in to Civil Protection;
- And where an autarchy has partnered with a private company to produce protective masks.
- In my country, the Military Laboratory produces cleaning gel, due to its scarcity in the market;
- Several beer producing companies, cosmetics companies and pharmaceutical companies are dedicated to producing disinfectant gel to offer to public entities and health units;
- Some municipalities equip several pavilions to accommodate hundreds of homeless people;
- I am from a country where a region exempts inhabitants and companies from paying electricity and water;
- In this country, several parking companies suspended payments during the pandemic;
- Transport companies provide free travel for everyone;
- And several municipalities have created screening centers to help in the detection of the virus;
- Some Non Profit Organizations and Municipal Organization, promote the delivery of food baskets to families in social isolation;
- I am from a country where dozens of police officers go to the hospital to personally thank health professionals for all their effort and commitment;
- And where the population daily applauds the effort of all professionals on the front line at the window.
My country is Portugal. And here, we show that it has chosen the wrong country. It will not defeat us because we... we are Portuguese! 🇵🇹
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