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The Director of Nursing at the Amadora‑Sintra Hospital Centre has resigned, saying insufficient backing from health supervisors has rendered it impossible to run the service effectively.
Luísa Ximenes resigned from her post, saying there were no conditions to continue carrying out her duties.
Maria Luísa Ximenez submitted her resignation at the start of the week, saying the 'safe practice of the profession' was not guaranteed and she did not have the support of the health authority. She reports rotas without the necessary specialists, a management post left vacant for two months, and the 'abandonment' by the Ministry of Health in letters sent to hospital managers, the hospital's nurses and the Order of Nurses.
The president of the Order of Nurses, Luís Filipe Barreira, says that the conditions in the Amadora‑Sintra Emergency Department are not the result of individual nurses' actions and warns of a shortage of doctors.
ULS announced on Thursday that the nursing director resigned from her post, citing that there are no conditions to continue performing her duties.
The director of nursing at the Amadora‑Sintra Local Health Unit (ULS) has resigned, stepping down from her position according to reports.
In the same statement, the administration also confirms that it subsequently received a declaration of non-liability submitted by the nursing team of the general emergency service.
The decision is justified by the 'absence of conditions to continue performing her duties'.
Luísa Ximenez has resigned and more than a hundred nurses have submitted excuses amid rising pressure on the emergency department. The administration, acting in a caretaker capacity since November, points the finger at the health ministry.
The manager, currently president of the Shared Services of the Ministry of Health, is expected to be appointed for the first time to a hospital post. The current president of Amadora-Sintra has been in a state of resignation for two months.
The head and deputy head of the General Emergency team at Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca Hospital (Amadora-Sintra) resigned following a 'critical incident' in the emergency department.
The senior staff responsible for the emergency service at the Amadora-Sintra hospital centre have stepped down, according to reports.
Criticism aimed at André Ventura, Gouveia e Melo and Cotrim de Figueiredo in an article published in Observador. Also, Amadora-Sintra Hospital once again has waiting times available online.
Hospital Amadora-Sintra warned today about inaccuracies in the average waiting times for emergency departments reported on the SNS portal, stressing that these issues are not affecting patient care or safety.
Health authorities are urging the public to contact the SNS24 helpline (808 24 24 24) before going to an emergency department, to receive appropriate guidance.
The situation in Amadora-Sintra is the most serious, as of Thursday, among emergency services nationwide. Waiting time for patients triaged as yellow reached 16 hours.
Patients triaged as urgent at Amadora-Sintra hospital faced about seven hours’ waiting this morning for initial assessment in the general emergency department, according to data from the National Health Service (SNS) portal.
The project introduces a new patient care pathway and requires patients to complete a questionnaire.
Patients classified as urgent at the Amadora-Sintra hospital faced wait times of around 12 hours for their first examination this morning, according to data from the SNS portal.
“There is a problem at Amadora-Sintra and it is a serious problem,” admitted Álvaro Almeida.
