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Catarina Faria tells Rádio Observador there is no risk of the hospital losing power or water. To patients with respiratory conditions, the director of ULS Leiria offers several pieces of advice.
The Government will pay €1,876.30 for each intermediate bed in the social sector that frees up hospital beds occupied by social admissions, the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security (MTSSS) said in a statement.
The National Health Service (SNS) is responding better than in the past, at least that is the conviction of the SNS Executive Director. Álvaro Almeida visited this morning, alongside the Minister of Health, the Tâmega and Sousa Local Health Unit (ULS), a hospital unit in Penafiel that is larger than necessary.
Joana Bordalo e Sá stressed that tired doctors and professionals “are always a risk to themselves and also a risk to patients”.
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Births in the Centro region represent the highest number recorded in Portugal. The chair of the board of directors underlined the urgency of the new maternity hospital, which is intended to replace the two existing units.
At 13:00, ten hospitals are at the maximum level of contingency.
