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Given the foetus's size and degree of development, health professionals believe the pregnancy was at least around 30 weeks.

Given the size and stage of development of the foetus, healthcare professionals consider the pregnancy would have been at least around 30 weeks' gestation.

Casa Pia, from the Portuguese first division, is accused by the Public Prosecutor's Office of having received more than one million euros from the Russian club FC Akhmat and of concealing the origin of the money to circumvent European Union sanctions. The decree-law that changes the rules for locum doctors in the Service ...

Summary: Ventura and Seguro are reported as tied; the dermatology department at Egas Moniz hospital currently has no confirmed date for its relocation.

PRESS SUMMARY || The announced works have still not progressed and there is no set date for the start of the works.

Man admitted to hospital reacted violently when he learned he would be discharged and returned to the prison in Sintra.

Over the weekend, the Firefighters' League created a task force of pre-positioned ambulances in Lumiar, Lisbon. Commander Luís Martins, of the Camarate fire brigade, explains to CNN Portugal the objectives of this team — which 'was the reserve of reserves'.

José Sócrates's lawyer will not attend court on Tuesday. José Preto was discharged from Hospital de Santa Maria in Lisbon on Thursday after a 12-day hospitalisation for pneumonia.
All eight reinforcement ambulances from several fire brigades were dispatched by INEM's Urgent Patient Guidance Centre to the city of Lisbon and surrounding areas.

The National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM) called out the reinforcement ambulances gathered at the headquarters of the Portuguese Firefighters' League (LBP) in Lisbon 16 times over the past weekend, the association's president told Lusa today.
Patients classified as non-urgent must wait 11 hours.

According to the SNS portal, the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region had the highest number of patients waiting, with a total of 224.

CNN Portugal spent time inside CODU, INEM’s medical call centre in Lisbon and found a centre under sustained pressure where high call volumes demand rapid, accurate triage and careful deployment of ambulances and other rescue resources. The report examines how operators prioritise calls, the protocols guiding decision-making, and the operational strain of matching limited resources to urgent needs.

A group of mothers and children who are relatives of Ukrainian soldiers killed or missing in action landed at Lisbon airport on Saturday as part of a humanitarian mission in which Portugal will host them for three weeks, providing support for emotional rehabilitation.
The Firefighters' League set up an ambulance task force pre-positioned in Lumiar, Lisbon. An isolated action, operating outside the Civil Protection circuit, which is being challenged by commanders from various parts of the country.

The Firefighters' League announced a task force of four ambulances to operate this weekend, based at the League's headquarters. The Association of Emergency Medical Technicians disputes the decision.

Lisbon has the largest number of patients waiting, with waiting times reaching nine hours at Amadora-Sintra.

According to the National Health Service (SNS) portal, the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region accounts for the largest number of patients waiting, with a total of 270.

Average waiting times are around four hours and 54 minutes for urgent cases and 49 minutes for very urgent cases. Amadora-Sintra Hospital and Beatriz Ângelo in Loures record the longest waits, nine and eight hours respectively.

At 08:00, additional ambulances are being deployed to bolster emergency medical services across the Lisbon region.

The situation at Amadora-Sintra is unsustainable due to a shortage of doctors, a complaint made in an exclusive interview with RTP by the hospital's director of nursing, who resigned on Thursday.

Vehicles are leaving the Cabo Ruivo and Ajuda brigades in Lisbon, as well as Cascais and Camarate (Loures).

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.

Ten years ago, Garcia de Orta Hospital in Almada opened the first hospital-at-home unit. Today there are already 50 Local Health Units offering this service — a way of delivering healthcare to 400 patients receiving inpatient care outside the hospital.


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