Around 100 nurses at Amadora-Sintra Hospital have submitted a declaration of disclaimer of responsibility to the administration, citing severe overcrowding and staff shortages in the emergency department. Patients have faced wait times exceeding nine hours for urgent care, while the hospital administration stated that a reinforcement of 13 nurses is currently underway.
Nurses disclaim responsibility over hospital emergency conditions
Friday, 21 August 2026AI summary

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- Amadora-Sintra Hospital confirms nurses' refusal of responsibility and says hiring is underwaycmjornal.pt ·
- Around 100 nurses at Amadora-Sintra hospital ‘disclaim responsibility’ over A&E conditionsportugalresident.com ·
- Nurses at Amadora-Sintra hospital submit declaration of disclaimer of responsibilityrtp.pt ·
- Amadora-Sintra: urgent patients wait eight hours for observation. Nurses file disclaimers of responsibilitypublico.pt ·
- Urgent patients facing over nine-hour wait at Amadora-Sintracnnportugal.iol.pt ·
- Amadora-Sintra: Urgent patients wait more than nine hoursobservador.pt ·




