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Term consultations for low-risk pregnant women are conducted exclusively by specialist nurses in maternal health. This Monday, the Loures hospital will open the first regional obstetric emergency department.
The Beatriz Ângelo Hospital in Loures will now receive complex obstetric cases from other local health units under the new referral network published yesterday. Specialists point to weaknesses but also acknowledge that the document regulates scheduled activity.
The Hospital Beatriz Ângelo in Loures will serve as a central facility in Portugal's new regional obstetrics network, responding to five health regions beyond its immediate area, including Oeste, Médio Tejo, Lezíria, and Estuário do Tejo. The reorganization, published shortly before the launch of the first regional gynecology and obstetrics emergency, clarifies service roles and staffing needs based on recent activity levels. For example, the hospital, which performed 2,620 births in 2025, is recommended to have 21 obstetricians and 42 specialized nurses, with additional staff if births exceed 3,000 annually. However, a significant shortage of obstetric specialists across Portugal, especially in Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, challenges meeting these staffing targets.
A press roundup covering a proposed new model for obstetric services and the situation of roughly 1.5 million workers who earn up to €920 a month.
President Marcelo has today ‘enacted the creation of high performance centres in the field of obstetrics and gynecology, hoping that it will allow for systemic and lasting responses and that The post President rubber-stamps proposal for ‘high performance obstetric centres’ appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The President of the Republic promulgated the creation of high-performance centres in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology, hoping this will enable “systematic and long-lasting” responses and that the “minimal consensus” in labour terms becomes a reality. In a note published on the official website of the Presidency of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa gives the green light...
Across the country, 111 emergency departments are open and 27 are operating under a new pilot-project model.
Obstetrics and gynaecology emergency departments in Portimão, Setúbal, Vila Franca de Xira and Santarém will be closed. Additionally, eleven districts of the country will be under a yellow warning due to the cold.
Saturday breaks the trend of recent weekends, with all obstetrics and gynaecology emergencies operating. On Sunday, those in Vila Franca and Setúbal hospitals will close. Others will have restrictions.
