OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT/Gray News) -- King the cat is on the road to recovery with the help of a fish.
Veterinarians at the Nebraska Humane Society use a fish skin bandage to help with the recovery of a cat burned in a house fire. (NHS Photo)
When he was rescued from a house fire on Dec. 21, King had burns on more than 50% of his body and is now benefitting from a procedure never done before at the Nebraska Humane Society (NHS).
NHS veterinarians faced the challenge of staving off infection, handling pain management, and playing a waiting game in orchestrating recovery.
They tapped a technique used by vets at UC Davis in which fish skins are used to create an organic bandage. The California veterinarians have had success with this in treating animals burned in wildfires.
The humane society says the fish skins provide wound protection, pain relief and they offer collagen protein that promotes healing.
The vets ordered the tilapia.
“We called around to so many places but the tilapia didn’t have skin and we need that," said veterinarian Katie James. "Finally, we found one at an Asian market and let it thaw here and then we filleted it and removed the skin.”
King got a disinfected tilapia skin cloak that was sutured into place on Sunday.
King has a long road to recovery, but the Humane Society team is hopeful about his chances. King will be under medical care for at least another six weeks.
The family, whose home is still too damaged to live in, is encouraged their cat now has a lot more people rooting for him.
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Portland Commissioner Nick Fish announced Tuesday that he plans to resign in 2020 due to his ongoing battle with stomach cancer.
Fish, 61, was first elected to the Portland City Council in 2008 and his current term ends in 2022. He announced earlier this month that his illness had become more complicated after being diagnosed in 2017 and that he would be taking the rest of December off. He said his resignation will be effective once a successor has been elected.
Fish’s departure means there will be at least two new faces on the Portland City Council in 2020. Commissioner Amanda Fritz has opted to retire and not run for reelection in May’s primary. Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Chloe Eudaly are both seeking reelection.
Here is Commissioner Fish’s statement in full:
"Last month, I shared that my illness had become more complicated and that I would be taking a few weeks over the holidays to be with my family and to learn more about what changes in my health mean for my public service.
Since then, I have been talking to my team of care providers and adjusting to my new reality.
I have always brought energy and enthusiasm to my job as Commissioner. Serving on the Council has been the great honor of my life. Based on the demands of my illness, however, I no longer believe that I can do this work at the high level our community deserves and I expect of myself.
I cannot escape the very sad fact that I will be unable to serve out the remainder of my term. I trust my Council colleagues to determine the most appropriate date for an election to select my successor, minimizing disruption and cost to the City. My resignation will become effective upon the election of my successor as Commissioner #2.
Over the next few months, I will be working with Mayor Wheeler and my City Hall team to prepare for a transition. Such a transition has precedent; in fact, it’s the way I myself got the chance to run and get elected to the Council in 2008.
We will continue to steward the work of building a sustainable future for Portland Parks & Recreation. We will continue to lead the clean-up of the Willamette River Superfund site. My team will remain responsive to constituents and stay engaged with our everyday responsibilities as well as prepare to set the next Council member up for success.
Portlanders have inspired me every day since I was sworn in in June of 2008, and I am so proud of what we’ve accomplished together.
LC- THE OREGONIAN
In this 2008 file photo, Nick Fish sat in his new office on June 9., the eve of his swearing-in. Oregonian Photo/Fredrick D. Joe LC- THE OREGONIAN
For the past 11 years in office, I’ve worn many hats. I was honored to serve initially as Commissioner of one of the city’s oldest bureaus, Portland Fire & Rescue and, with Mayor Adams, I helped create and lead a brand new one in 2009, the Portland Housing Bureau. Then I led our two utilities, Water and Environmental Services, and Portland Parks & Recreation – twice.
I ran on a platform in support of affordable housing and ending homelessness. In my years as Housing Commissioner, we focused on serving our most vulnerable neighbors – the poorest people in our community. Even during the worst recession of my lifetime, we made important progress. At times, the only construction cranes in the air were the ones building affordable housing. We built new homes, saved hundreds of affordable apartments for older adults and people with disabilities, and helped hundreds of homeless veterans find stable, affordable homes. We worked closely with our partners at Multnomah County, in the non-profit community, and at the State to align our dollars and our priorities – and we made a lasting difference. Bud Clark Commons, Gray’s Landing, and the new Riverplace Parcel are testament to what Portland can do when we work in partnership.
LC- The Oregonian
In this 2009 file photo, Portland City Council Members, Randy Leonard, (LEFT). Amanda Fritz, Mayor Sam Adams, and Nick Fish give closing comments before passing the annual budget. Some city employees are likely to lose their jobs under this new budget. Brent Wojahn/The Oregonian LC- The Oregonian
Supportive housing is a proven, efficient tool to serve our most vulnerable citizens and I have worked hard to ensure that Council has maintained this priority. I threw myself into the recent bond measures sponsored by the city and by Metro that are now bringing hundreds of affordable new homes to our community. Later this year, I hope our region passes a new measure to fund the services that allow people to remain successfully housed. And I am gratified that we are ahead of schedule on our goal to add 2,000 new units of supportive housing – affordable homes with wraparound services – by 2028. We must never lose sight of the neediest in our community, those whose voice is often lost in policy debates.
Back in 2013, Mayor Hales assigned me the two city utilities – the Bureau of Environmental Services and Portland Water Bureau. At the time, the bureaus were a source of frustration to citizens due to rate increases and accountability issues. I was excited by the opportunity to restore public trust, increase transparency, and improve the alignment of priorities. Five years of patient listening and rebuilding paid off. We brought rate increases down and sharpened our focus on mission-critical work, like water quality. We also won a major lawsuit challenging City spending of utility dollars. We did it together.
My time leading the women and men of the Fire Bureau was brief, but my respect for their service is deep and enduring. Every day, firefighters do whatever it takes to keep their fellow Portlanders safe. At times, they make the ultimate sacrifice. It is my fervent hope that our community will rally to build a new memorial to fallen firefighters. The planned David Campbell Memorial, named for an early Fire Chief whose service cost him his life, will provide a peaceful refuge that commemorates those we have lost and honors those who serve today.
Portlanders love their parks and so do I. Last year, almost everyone in our community visited a park or natural area. These green places draw new residents and visitors to Portland, and time and again citizens name parks as a top priority. I served as Parks Commissioner from 2009 through mid-2013, and again since November of 2018. Both eras brought unique challenges. In 2009, when the recession limited City resources, we focused on meaningful investments that would matter to Portlanders. Public-private partnerships brought us innovations like Harper’s Playground and the Summer Free-For-All program, gems of inclusivity, beauty, and fun. We added 1,000 new community garden plots to our city-wide inventory. We passed new protections for our urban tree canopy. And we laid plans for new park development, so that when resources became available we’d be ready to move forward with fresh ideas.
A decade later, Parks faces a different challenge. A structural problem in the way Parks is funded has meant that the bureau continually loses ground. Equipment, facilities, and fields deteriorate because we can’t maintain them. The old fee-driven business model cannot sustain the system we have, much less improve it. Without new funding, Portland will never be able to conserve and develop a healthy, safe parks system or to close the inequities around access. Our parks must serve all Portlanders. The bureau has begun the hard work of crafting a more efficient, equitable funding model, exploring what a better, more sustainable future will look like. We cherish our green and open places and by working together, we can responsibly steward them for future generations.
Care and stewardship of the environment are global as well as local issues. We are in a climate crisis and Portland must remain a leader and innovator. In my time on the Council, the city has begun to decisively reduce our impact on the environment. A raft of new initiatives are moving us in the right direction: limits on single-use plastics, shifting our automotive fleet off gas fuel, composting food waste, converting methane at our sewage treatment plant to renewable natural gas, and maximizing our use of nature rather than pipes to manage Portland’s plentiful rainwater. These initiatives provide momentum that must grow. Cities will continue to be laboratories for innovation in climate protection, and I know that Portland can continue to be a leader.
I have always believed that government can be society’s greatest force for good, and that together we can do amazing things. As a member of the Council, I have insisted that the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts, and I have focused on partnership, collaboration, and shared success.
LC-
In this 2017 file photo, City Commissioner Nick Fish speaks to small business owners at KitchenCru. Small business owners across town are joining together to raise their concerns about theft and safety. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)
Across the country, the last decade has seen a stark decline in civility. Portland has not been immune to the national weakening of civil discourse. And, as we grapple with the future of our country and our planet, we are becoming a big city, with our own growing pains. We can rise to this occasion and embrace inclusivity, sustainability, and shared prosperity for all. We must unite around these values and make them real through collective effort. City Council can do its part by fostering diverse rather than divergent priorities. It is our obligation to find the common ground in order to advance the common good. I have seen the power of partnership, and I trust our community’s leaders to see that the people of Portland deserve our best.
I am grateful for the support and love my family and I have felt over the last two and a half years that I have fought against cancer. And I am privileged to have had the opportunity to serve the community I love for the past decade.
Thank you for allowing me this honor, and for all that you do to make Portland special. The future is bright.
The people of many cultures around the globe consume foods at the end of the year, and especially on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, that, for them, augur good luck or prosperity in the days ahead. Such include long noodles, lentils, greens, black-eyed peas, pork, pomegranates and cornbread.
And fish.
Fish makes the rounds all over Asia, especially steamed or cooked in a wok whole; in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe by and large in pickled form, but also in various ways in generous smorgasbords; and prepared in myriad manners along the Mediterranean.
Apparently, however, Hungarians don’t serve much fish around Jan. 1. There, it’s considered unlucky because “it will swim away with your fortune.”
In all these other places, though, fish are believed for various reasons to carry luck: Their scales resemble coins; they symbolize abundance because they always swim in schools; they move in one direction only, forward; and they signify fertility because fish females produce multiples of eggs at one time.
In China, the word for fish, “yu,” closely resembles the sounds for both the words for “wish” and “abundance” (or “surplus”).
To that end, a whole fish graces a Chinese New Year’s table — Lunar New Year this year is Jan. 25 — always served at the end of a meal to hammer home multiple meanings: an entire fish symbolizes family unity; a head-to-tail fish augurs well for both a good beginning as well as ending to the coming year; and, because the head and tail are often reserved for eating the next day, one year ends and another begins, both with surplus.
Today’s recipe is a particularly delicious preparation of the piscine that you may make any time of the year. I enjoyed it with gusto the day after Thanksgiving (and its superlative leftovers for a couple of days afterward) at my youngest brother’s home.
Paul’s husband, Meinhard, hails from the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic. Meinhard’s parents, Johannes and Lena Mortensen, also were visiting and, one night, Meinhard and his mother made a common Faroese fish dish called “fisk i fat” (fish baked in an oven-safe dish).
“When you have some fish and some potatoes,” says Meinhard, “you make this dish.” The description and the ingredients are simple, but as with many simply prepared foods put together with well-chosen and high-quality ingredients, the results rise well above in taste and savor than the sum of the parts.
It is important that the potatoes be sliced as thinly as possible. To that end, use a mandoline. (Inexpensive but entirely adequate ones are available in kitchenware shops and online for around $25.) The cooking time may seem excessive for fish, especially when we’re always given the “10 minutes per inch” rule, but, trust me, the results are rapturous this way.
And, finally, if possible, make much more than you’ll need for Dinner One. As with many leftovers, the flavors develop overnight into more from that which they came and truly give depth to the meaning of “abundance.”
Fisk i fat
Makes 8 servings
Ingredients
1 cup cleaned, thinly sliced leeks, white and light green parts only
1 medium white onion, small dice
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
6 medium Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and sliced see-through-thin
6 or more white cod steaks, of even thickness, each about 1-inch thick, enough to cover the surface area of the baking dish used
Directions
With olive oil, cooking spray, butter, or shortening, coat the inside of a large, oven-safe, shallow, 4-quart (or larger) baking dish.
Cover the bottom of the baking dish with a layer of sliced potatoes, then a layer of onion and leeks, then a layer of the shredded cheese, repeating these layers until all the potatoes, leeks, onion, and cheese have been used up, ending with a final layer of cheese. Sprinkle small amounts of salt and black pepper as you make the layers.
Arrange the cod steaks on the top, then sprinkle the bacon bits evenly over the surface of the dish. Pour the cream over everything, being sure it nuzzles itself down through the several layers. Bake for 1 hour in a 375-degree oven until the bacon is just beginning to crisp.
Remove from the oven and place a layer of heavy-duty aluminum foil over the baking dish and continue to bake for another 1 and 1/2 hours.
Marcelo jรก aterrou no Corvo e foi no cockpit - Observador
O Presidente da Repรบblica jรก estรก na ilha do Corvo, Aรงores, apesar das dรบvidas sobre a viabilidade de uma aterragem em seguranรงa por causa das condiรงรตes atmosfรฉricas. A viagem no voo militar da Forรงa Aรฉrea durou cerca de uma hora e durante boa parte do voo, Marcelo conversou com Vasco Cordeiro, presidente do Governo Regional dos Aรงores, que estava sentado na mesma fila mas do outro lado do corredor. Jรก perto do momento da aterragem, dirigiu-se ao cockpit e assistiu, na primeira fila, ร chegada ao Corvo.
Marcelo chegou esta manhรฃ ร Base Militar das Lages, na Terceira, e embarcou de imediato num voo militar com destino ao Corvo, onde entrarรก em 2020 numa festa com mais de 200 corvinos no ginรกsio local. Quando embarcou no C-295 da Forรงa Aรฉrea, a comitiva presidencial nรฃo tinha ainda a certeza que o voo conseguisse aterrar no Corvo, devido aos fortes ventos que estรฃo a a afetar o grupo ocidental do arquipรฉlago.
O Presidente foi recebido na pista da base militar pelo presidente do Governo Regional dos Aรงores, Vasco Cordeiro, que vai acompanhรก-lo nesta visita de um dia ao Corvo.
A previsรตes do Instituto Portuguรชs do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA) contam com ventos fortes a afetarem o grupo ocidental, com a passagem de uma superfรญcie frontal fria pela regiรฃo, mas o aviรฃo aterrou sem sobressaltos.
Ainda assim, a agenda presidencial para este รบltimo dia de 2019 no Corvo teve de ser alterada por causa das condiรงรตes atmosfรฉricas e jรก nรฃo consta do programa a visita ao Caldeirรฃo que chegou a estar prevista inicialmente. No programa divulgado ร comunicaรงรฃo social hรก apenas indicaรงรฃo de trรชs momentos pรบblicos: uma visita ร Cรขmara Municipal do Corvo, dirigida pelo autarca socialista da Vila do Corvo, Josรฉ Silva, e um “jantar de confraternizaรงรฃo e celebraรงรฃo da passagem do ano”, no ginรกsio da Escola Bรกsica e Secundรกria Mouzinho da Silveira. No primeiro do dia de 2020, o Presidente participarรก na missa animada pelos jovens da ilha e em seguida vai ler, ainda a partir da ilha, a mensagem de Ano Novo. Rumarรก a Lisboa pela hora de almoรงo.
Healio presents a list of the most-read cardiology articles from 2019. Our readers were interested in sex differences and disparities in heart disease, the role of wearable devices in CV health, omega-3 fatty acids, results of the DAPA-HF trial and more.
VIDEO: Sex differences, barriers persist for women with heart disease
In this video exclusive, Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, division chief of cardiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, physician executive director for Banner University Medicine Heart Institute and editor in chief of ACC’s CardioSmart, discusses the importance of considering sex-specific risk factors for CVD. Watch here
Intermittent fasting may benefit in metabolic syndrome
Patients with metabolic syndrome who limited their eating to a 10-hour window in addition to statin and antihypertensive medications had reductions in weight, BP, HbA1c and atherogenic lipids, according to a study published in Cell Metabolism. Read more
Sleep duration may be predictive of cardiometabolic risk factors, cerebrovascular disease mortality
Sleep duration was found to be a significant predictor of cardiometabolic risk factors and cerebrovascular disease mortality as well as cancer mortality. Read more
Dog ownership may improve outcomes, reduce mortality risk after CV events
Now people may have another reason to love their dogs even more: Dog ownership was linked to improved outcomes after a major CV event and with a lower risk for death in the long term, according to two studies published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. Read more
Wearable devices and the revolution of cardiology via continuous care, remote monitoring
Wearable technology, including wrist-worn smartwatches and fitness monitors, is no longer the “future” of medicine. The use of wearable technologies and the potential in cardiology has become an intense topic of discussion in recent years. Of particular interest this year was the release of the Apple Heart Study data at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session in March. Read more
Vitamin D, fish oil fail to reduce first HF hospitalization risk
Interventions with vitamin D or omega-3 failed to reduce rates of first heart failure hospitalization in a large cohort of healthy adults, although researchers observed a benefit for recurrent HF hospitalization with fish oil supplementation, according to findings from an ancillary study of the VITAL trial presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. Read more
PARAGON-HF top-line results: sacubitril/valsartan for HFpEF misses primary endpoint
Novartis announced top-line results from the PARAGON-HF trial, which showed that the trial narrowly missed statistical significance for the primary endpoint in patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction who were treated with sacubitril/valsartan compared with valsartan alone. Read more
New trial data show mixed findings for omega-3s
The Cardiology Today March 2019 cover story tackles recent data on omega-3 supplementation, in supplement and prescription form. Read more
ISAR-REACT 5: Prasugrel superior to ticagrelor in patients with ACS, planned invasive evaluation
In patients with ACS, with or without ST-segment elevation, the rate of death, MI or stroke was significantly reduced at 1 year with prasugrel compared with ticagrelor, without an increase in major bleeding, according to a head-to-head comparison of both strategies. Read more
In this video exclusive, Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, executive director of interventional cardiovascular programs at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, highlights the take-home messages from his keynote lecture at the American Society for Preventive Cardiology Congress on CVD Prevention, which focused on key discoveries from REDUCE-IT and other trials showing benefit of treating patients beyond LDL lowering. Watch more
DAPA-HF: Dapagliflozin offers new approach to treatment of HFrEF, even without diabetes
In patients with HF, with and without diabetes, treatment with the SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin reduced risk for worsening HF and CV death when added to standard therapy, according to anticipated results of the DAPA-HF trial. Read more
FDA: Risk for biotin interference with lab tests, troponin remains a concern
The FDA updated its safety communication to remind the public, health care providers, lab personnel and lab test developers that biotin, or vitamin B7, can significantly interfere with certain diagnostic tests and cause incorrect results that may go undetected. The FDA remains concerned, in particular, with the potential for false results for troponin, which could result in missed diagnoses for MI. Read more
AUGUSTUS: Dual therapy with apixaban, P2Y12 inhibitor safe in Afib patients post-ACS or PCI
New data from the AUGUSTUS trial provide insight on the appropriate antithrombotic regimen after ACS or PCI in patients with atrial fibrillation. Read more
AHA updates BP measurement standards
Advances in techniques to measure BP accurately are essential outside and in the office setting, according to a scientific statement published by the American Heart Association in Hypertension. Read more
AHA: Nearly half of all US adults have CVD
At least 48%, or 121.5 million, of all adults in the United States had some form of CVD from 2013 to 2016, according to the American Heart Association’s new Heart and Stroke Statistics. Read more
Healio presents a list of the most-read cardiology articles from 2019. Our readers were interested in sex differences and disparities in heart disease, the role of wearable devices in CV health, omega-3 fatty acids, results of the DAPA-HF trial and more.
VIDEO: Sex differences, barriers persist for women with heart disease
In this video exclusive, Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, division chief of cardiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, physician executive director for Banner University Medicine Heart Institute and editor in chief of ACC’s CardioSmart, discusses the importance of considering sex-specific risk factors for CVD. Watch here
Intermittent fasting may benefit in metabolic syndrome
Patients with metabolic syndrome who limited their eating to a 10-hour window in addition to statin and antihypertensive medications had reductions in weight, BP, HbA1c and atherogenic lipids, according to a study published in Cell Metabolism. Read more
Sleep duration may be predictive of cardiometabolic risk factors, cerebrovascular disease mortality
Sleep duration was found to be a significant predictor of cardiometabolic risk factors and cerebrovascular disease mortality as well as cancer mortality. Read more
Dog ownership may improve outcomes, reduce mortality risk after CV events
Now people may have another reason to love their dogs even more: Dog ownership was linked to improved outcomes after a major CV event and with a lower risk for death in the long term, according to two studies published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. Read more
Wearable devices and the revolution of cardiology via continuous care, remote monitoring
Wearable technology, including wrist-worn smartwatches and fitness monitors, is no longer the “future” of medicine. The use of wearable technologies and the potential in cardiology has become an intense topic of discussion in recent years. Of particular interest this year was the release of the Apple Heart Study data at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session in March. Read more
Vitamin D, fish oil fail to reduce first HF hospitalization risk
Interventions with vitamin D or omega-3 failed to reduce rates of first heart failure hospitalization in a large cohort of healthy adults, although researchers observed a benefit for recurrent HF hospitalization with fish oil supplementation, according to findings from an ancillary study of the VITAL trial presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. Read more
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PARAGON-HF top-line results: sacubitril/valsartan for HFpEF misses primary endpoint
Novartis announced top-line results from the PARAGON-HF trial, which showed that the trial narrowly missed statistical significance for the primary endpoint in patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction who were treated with sacubitril/valsartan compared with valsartan alone. Read more
New trial data show mixed findings for omega-3s
The Cardiology Today March 2019 cover story tackles recent data on omega-3 supplementation, in supplement and prescription form. Read more
ISAR-REACT 5: Prasugrel superior to ticagrelor in patients with ACS, planned invasive evaluation
In patients with ACS, with or without ST-segment elevation, the rate of death, MI or stroke was significantly reduced at 1 year with prasugrel compared with ticagrelor, without an increase in major bleeding, according to a head-to-head comparison of both strategies. Read more
In this video exclusive, Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, executive director of interventional cardiovascular programs at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, highlights the take-home messages from his keynote lecture at the American Society for Preventive Cardiology Congress on CVD Prevention, which focused on key discoveries from REDUCE-IT and other trials showing benefit of treating patients beyond LDL lowering. Watch more
DAPA-HF: Dapagliflozin offers new approach to treatment of HFrEF, even without diabetes
In patients with HF, with and without diabetes, treatment with the SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin reduced risk for worsening HF and CV death when added to standard therapy, according to anticipated results of the DAPA-HF trial. Read more
FDA: Risk for biotin interference with lab tests, troponin remains a concern
The FDA updated its safety communication to remind the public, health care providers, lab personnel and lab test developers that biotin, or vitamin B7, can significantly interfere with certain diagnostic tests and cause incorrect results that may go undetected. The FDA remains concerned, in particular, with the potential for false results for troponin, which could result in missed diagnoses for MI. Read more
AUGUSTUS: Dual therapy with apixaban, P2Y12 inhibitor safe in Afib patients post-ACS or PCI
New data from the AUGUSTUS trial provide insight on the appropriate antithrombotic regimen after ACS or PCI in patients with atrial fibrillation. Read more
AHA updates BP measurement standards
Advances in techniques to measure BP accurately are essential outside and in the office setting, according to a scientific statement published by the American Heart Association in Hypertension. Read more
AHA: Nearly half of all US adults have CVD
At least 48%, or 121.5 million, of all adults in the United States had some form of CVD from 2013 to 2016, according to the American Heart Association’s new Heart and Stroke Statistics. Read more
Dois mortos, cinco desaparecidos e milhares de pessoas cercadas pelos fogos na Austrรกlia - Jornal Econรณmico
“Hoje รฉ um dia terrรญvel para [o estado] de Nova Gales do Sul. Apรณs a trรกgica morte, na noite passada, de um bombeiro voluntรกrio, a polรญcia confirmou duas mortes em Cobargo. Uma terceira pessoa estรก desaparecida”, afirmou, em conferรชncia de imprensa, a chefe de governo daquele estado, Gladys Berijiklian.
Antes, o chefe de governo do estado de Victoria, Daniel Andrews, indicara que estรฃo por localizar quatro pessoas naquele estado do sudeste do paรญs, e que se encontravam nas รกreas onde vรกrios fogos estรฃo ativos.
No municรญpio de East Gippsland, na fronteira com o estado de Nova Gales do Sul, ao qual pertence Mallacoota, cerca de quatro mil pessoas fugiram para as praias para escapar ร s chamas, numa das regiรตes mais turรญsticas da Austrรกlia.
Andrews disse que estรก a ser considerada a possibilidade de evacuar algumas comunidades afetadas pelos incรชndios, como Mallacoota, onde, de acordo com imagens difundidas nas redes sociais, รฉ visรญvel um cรฉu vermelho e fumo denso.
“Fizemos pedidos [ร Defesa australiana] para nos apoiar na avaliaรงรฃo dos danos ร s propriedades e tambรฉm para aceder a algumas comunidades isoladas por via marรญtima”, sublinhou.
A situaรงรฃo no estado de Victoria piorou nos รบltimos dias, com 260 novos incรชndios declarados na segunda-feira e mais 61 durante as primeiras horas do dia de hoje.
"Nรฃo รฉ esta a passagem de ano que estรก a imaginar, pois nรฃo?" - Notรญcias ao Minuto
Asinistralidade rodoviรกria continua a ser um drama em Portugal. Atรฉ ao final do dia de ontem, segunda-feira, a GNR contabilizava 10 mortes e 45 feridos graves na operaรงรฃo de Natal e Ano Novo.
O dia de hoje, dia de passagem de ano, serรก de festa por todo o paรญs. E para que a festa nรฃo termine da pior forma para quem circula nas estradas, a GNR e a ANSR divulgam um vรญdeo , que pode ver na galeria acima, apelando a que nรฃo conduza sob o efeito do รกlcool, a moderar a velocidade e a nรฃo utilizar o telemรณvel ao volante.
Atรฉ porque, como jรก fora no Natal, "o seu melhor presente รฉ estar presente".
Urgรชncia do Hospital de Vila Franca de Xira nรฃo recebeu doentes - RTP
O serviรงo de Urgรชncia do Hospital de Vila Franca de Xira nรฃo recebeu doentes durante toda a noite. A situaรงรฃo foi denunciada pelos Bombeiros Voluntรกrios da Azambuja, que atravรฉs das redes sociais deixaram o alerta de que os utentes teriam de ser transportados para outros hospitais da regiรฃo da Grande Lisboa.
