Luís Duarte Costa has resigned as director of the General Emergency Service at the Amadora-Sintra Local Health Unit. He cited the failure to implement a plan to manage patients permanently admitted to the emergency department due to a lack of hospital beds and social cases as the primary reason for his departure.
Amadora-Sintra emergency director resigns over structural failures
Tuesday, 14 April 2026AI summary
Context & Explainers
Luís Duarte Costa is a medical doctor who serves as the president of the Portuguese Society of Internal Medicine (Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Interna). He recently resigned from his position as director of the General Emergency Service at the Amadora-Sintra Local Health Unit due to disagreements over hospital management and patient care policies.
