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The Vila Franca de Xira hospital is working to rebuild its gynaecology and obstetrics department after significant staff losses, following its integration into Portugal's first regional emergency service.
The external paediatric surgery emergency department at Dona Estefânia Hospital will remain closed until Sunday.
The Centralised Gynaecology and Obstetrics Emergency Department of Loures-Odivelas/Tejo Estuary recorded 201 births during its inaugural month of operation, meeting expected performance targets.
The regional gynaecology and obstetrics emergency department in Loures reported a 23% increase in patient volume, averaging 43 daily visits compared to the previous average of 35.
The Beatriz Ângelo Hospital in Loures launches the first regional gynaecology and obstetrics emergency department, operating 24/7 to address healthcare staffing shortages.
The Family Health Unit will provide primary healthcare to nearly 5,500 patients without a family doctor in the parish of São Pedro da Cadeira. Also, a fire in Valpaços is nearing conclusion.
The treatment model combines ketamine and psychotherapy, similar to the experience tested at the Júlio de Matos Hospital in Lisbon, which is already in use in five Portuguese hospitals.
INEM professionals will also be able to provide services at the Local Health Unit (ULS). It is a model that INEM wants to see replicated in other units. The Santa Maria ULS will also be the first to receive an INEM ambulance.
São Francisco Xavier is working to ensure a full response from the obstetrics emergency department in August, a time when it is expected to operate only for patients referred by the INEM.
According to the president of the association, the facility will only provide emergency response “to INEM when necessary.”
São Francisco Xavier hospital is closing its maternity emergency department to external patients throughout the month of August. The Amadora-Sintra hospital will face the same constraint three days a week.
São Francisco Xavier hospital is closing its maternity emergency department to external patients throughout the month of August. The Amadora-Sintra hospital will face the same constraint three days a week.
Home News Home hospitalisation unit in Cascais prevented more than 3. 000 days of conventional inpatient care Home hospitalisation unit in Cascais prevented more than 3.
Home hospitalisation is a relatively recent form of inpatient care that provides treatment to patients who, while requiring hospitalisation, can receive it in their own homes.
The opening of the Sintra Hospital has allowed the response to be distributed across two hospital units, increasing installed capacity and bringing healthcare closer to the population.
One year after its inauguration, the administration of the Amadora-Sintra Local Health Unit (ULS) considers that the phased opening has 'partially' relieved pressure on emergency services, which remains a 'permanent challenge'.
Santa Marta Hospital in Lisbon has reached the milestone of 500 lung transplants 25 years after the program began. Despite the program's growth and success, with survival rates in Portugal exceeding international averages, the lack of donors remains the primary constraint for the country's only lung transplant center, which currently has 67 patients on its waiting list.
The number represents the maturity of a programme started in 2001.
User committees criticise the closure of the Gago Coutinho Family Health Unit in Alverca due to a climate control system failure. The Local Health Unit guarantees there is a contingency plan and that it will reopen on Friday.
User committees classify the situation as “incomprehensible” and maintain that the lack of maintenance of the facilities cannot prevent access to primary healthcare.
At issue is a technical intervention in the operating theatre's cooling system.
The redevelopment of the Jamor National Sports Centre in Oeiras has been given the green light. It will cover areas dedicated to sports such as rugby, swimming, athletics, archery, and mountain biking; the creation of a Sports Medicine Centre has also been approved, with the replacement of the current athletics track being a priority.
The implementation of the SONHO and SClínico systems is the cause.
At issue is the implementation, starting Saturday, of two systems used in most National Health Service units, SONHO and SClínico.
The union says the problem is affecting health services in the Alentejo and Greater Lisbon regions. However, a source from the SPMS guarantees that, in general terms, the system is functioning normally.
Emergency services and healthcare require commitment and responsibility from everyone, from the minister to the stretcher bearer.
The mission involved transporting a patient from Beja to São José Hospital in Lisbon.
The thousandth mission was carried out this Wednesday with the transport of a critically ill patient between Beja Hospital and São José Hospital in Lisbon. The aircraft based in Évora is the one that flies the most.
The Santa Marta Hospital in Lisbon has reduced the hospital stay time for patients with aortic stenosis.
