INEM helicopter crash lands in Mondim de Basto
Four occupants ‘unharmed’; taken to hospital as precaution A helicopter operated by INEM, the National Institute for Medical Emergency, crash-landed in Atei, Mondim de Basto, today, carrying four medical personnel.
INEM failing to rescue and stabilise patients in time
New study adds to pressure on Portugal’s Institute of Emergency Medicine Portugal’s medical emergency institute INEM is failing to respond in time to victims in life-threatening conditions. As pressure piles
INEM hokey-cokey: president recently nominated resigns, replacement already named
INEM’s ‘troubles’ centre on controversial contracts The government’s issues with INEM, Portugal’s Institute for Medical Emergency, hit a new bend in the road this week when Vítor Almeida, the 58-year-old
INEM paramedics call for resignation of entity’s board of directors
Association of Emergency Medical Technicians cites “sucessive failures” ANTEM, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians today called for the resignation of the INEM (medical emergency institute) board of directors
INEM admits emergency calls left on hold for between 10 and 15 minutes
Portugal’s medical emergency institute (INEM) has admitted that emergency calls have been left on hold for between 10 and 15 minutes recently due to an “increase in the number of
INEM helicopters: new tender launched after first one ‘bombs’
INEM (Portugal’s medical emergency institute) has announced the launch a new public tender for its medical emergency helicopter service, after the tender launched in January ‘bombed’: two bids were received,
PJ police mount searches at INEM in Lisbon and Porto
Probe involves “matters relating to hiring of human resources” PJ judicial police are searching the premises of the National Institute for Medical Emergencies (INEM) in Lisbon and Porto for matters
Two of country’s four INEM emergency rescue helicopters to cease nighttime operations
Stoppage due to financial constraints Two of the country’s four INEM emergency medical rescue helicopters are to cease nighttime operations from January 1. A statement issued by INEM explains that
INEM emergency helicopter pilots threaten walk-out
Syndicate delivers strike notice for “total work stoppage” SPAC, the Civil Aviation Pilots Union has handed in a strike notice from INEM helicopter pilots today, which could effectively scupper emergency
Death of baby during childbirth: INEM opens inquiry
INEM medical emergency institute has opened an inquiry into the death of a baby during childbirth recently. According to some reports, the parents, residents of Ermidas Sado, Santiago do Cacém,