Several A&E departments across Portugal closed today and New Year’s Day
SNS Executive Board strongly encourages citizens to contact the SNS 24 hotline before heading to an emergency department Several emergency services in Portugal, spanning Gynaecology/Obstetrics, Paediatrics, and General Care, are
Pharmacists with expertise in oncology start work in public hospitals
Plan is to extend speciality into pharmacies nationwide This month 20 pharmacists with expertise in oncology will be working in Portuguese SNS public hospitals. It is a first, and a
Waiting times in Lisbon A&E departments reach average of 15 hours
Waiting times for ‘urgent patients’ (those wearing yellow wristbands) have reached an average of 15 hours in one of the busiest Lisbon hospitals (Beatriz Ângelo in Loure), while they are
Man found dead after 12-hour wait in Coimbra Hospital A&E
Family considering filing complaint A 66-year-old man was found dead in the A&E department of Coimbra University Hospital (HUC) after waiting for more than 12 hours to be attended. The
Algarve health administration overhaul stirs controversy
PS accuses PSD of replacing Algarve health administration board with party loyalists in a “partisan abuse of power” The executive board of Portugal’s National Health Service (SNS) has announced a
Head of surgery, 10 surgeons resign from Amadora/Sintra hospital
Mass walk-out centres on reinstatement of ‘whistleblowing doctors’ The director of the General Surgery Service at the Amadora/Sintra Local Health Unit (ULS) has resigned and ten surgeons have given in
Pressure from foreigners on leading Lisbon’s hospital “triples in three years”
Santa Maria reacts by creating translation app Demand for emergency services by foreign citizens from countries outside the European Union has almost tripled at Lisbon’s Santa Maria hospital, rising from
General surgeons to be called in to perform cesarean sections
General surgeons are to be called in to perform cesarean sections, to make up for the shortage of obstetricians. The news has been reported in today’s edition of Expresso. It
Inquiry launched into mistaken hospital discharge that led to patient’s death
An inquiry has been launched by the Cascais Public Prosecutor’s Office into the mistaken discharge of a 79-year-old man from Cascais Hospital, with medication prescribed for someone else. The 79
Algarve, wake up!
In 2013, the decision to merge the administration of the Algarve’s public hospitals was presented as a way of attracting more health professionals to the region and facilitating patients’ access