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At Seixal Criativo, a project-based learning and experimentation centre focused on science and technology, Catarina Martins saw examples of what is being done there.
After the death of a 78-year-old man in Seixal, INEM said that a shortage of ambulances, “mainly on the south bank of the Tagus”, caused the delay in the emergency response.
Commander Paulo Santos, a commentator for CNN Portugal, analyses the case of the man who died in Seixal while waiting for INEM and the issue of stretchers being retained in hospitals. “It's a deep-rooted problem,” he summarises.
The Public Prosecutor's Office had already ordered that the body be removed and sent for a medico-legal autopsy.
The Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the death of an elderly man in Seixal who reportedly died while waiting for assistance, and has ordered a post-mortem examination to determine the causes.
The Portuguese Firefighters' League meets with INEM this Thursday. President António Nunes says various issues will be raised at the meeting and analyses the case of the man who died in Seixal while waiting for assistance from INEM. 'The retention of stretchers in hospitals is a chronic problem,' he says, noting that a number of government promises have long been overdue to be implemented on the ground.
The incident occurred last Tuesday, when a 78-year-old man from Aldeia de Paio Pires, in Seixal (district of Setúbal), called INEM after a fall. He died after waiting nearly three hours for assistance from the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM).
This concerns the death of a 78-year-old man in Seixal on Tuesday, after he waited almost three hours for assistance from INEM (Portugal's National Institute for Medical Emergency).
Mendes said he 'deeply' regretted the death of a citizen in Seixal; Gouveia e Melo says the state is continually failing; Seguro calls for a pact for healthcare; Ventura describes the case as 'unacceptable'.
The Union of Pre-Hospital Emergency Technicians (STEPH) today regretted that “the country was not able to provide a better response” to the case of a Seixal patient who died after waiting three hours for assistance.
