PJ police carry out searches at INEM offices
Searches taking place in Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra and Faro PJ police are carrying out searches this Tuesday at several offices of the National Medical Emergency Institute (INEM) as part of
INEM registers new record number of daily emergencies in Algarve
INEM emergency services in the Algarve are responding to an unprecedented average of 300 to 350 emergencies a day, when the previous record had been 285. An additional response vehicle
Four saved from drowning as October heat wave keeps people on beaches
Four people, including a German tourist, were saved from drowning yesterday as the incredible 30º heat has brought danger with it: life-guards have largely packed up for the season and
Child swept to death on Nazaré beach in front of horrified family members
A nine-year-old child was swept to her death after being picked up by a freak wave on Nazaré beach early this morning. The little girl, described as French, was in
INEM surprised by ‘four legged’ patient
INEM medical emergency staff were surprised to find a four-legged patient arrive at Lamego’s SUB (casualty department). “He didn’t come to be stroked, but for help”, operatives tweeted. “He had
Youths hijack INEM ambulance and drive off with patient inside
A group of rowdy youths attacked an INEM ambulance in Oeiras (Lisbon) in the early hours of Sunday morning, prompting first-responders to flee … leaving their victim behind. The youths
INEM rescue services threaten strike action
A row has erupted between the Order of Nurses and INEM rescue technicians that threatens to develop into strike action. Nurses are against ‘new competences’ due to be awarded INEM
Two dead, four seriously injured in latest head-on crash on EN125
Two people have been killed and four others are in serious conditions in Portimáo hospital after another hideous traffic accident on the Algarve’s “death road”, the EN125, at the crossroads
“Dead body” in Loures turns out to be alive
Two INEM rescue workers are today wishing they could be anywhere else than on page 16 of the nation’s widest read newspaper. The luckless duo from Sacavém (Loures) was called
INEM ambulance chaos as unions go on warpath
In Lisbon, a third of the city’s INEM ambulances are off the road while elsewhere the union representing INEM workers is demanding the resignation of the institute’s boss Paulo Campos.