70 ambulances are held up in hospitals every day
Ambulances are being held up, particularly in the Lisbon area, preventing them from responding to other emergencies. Patients with social care needs are complicating the management of hospital admissions: “The government could have done more,” say hospital managers.
A&E waiting times between three and more than 10 hours in hospitals across the country
The longest average waiting times for urgent patients ranged, at 08:30 this morning, from more than 10 hours at Hospital Beatriz Ângelo in Loures to almost three hours at Hospital São João in Porto, according to official data.