Emergency Patients Face Shocking Wait Times in Portugal's Hospitals!
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Emergency Patients Face Shocking Wait Times in Portugal's Hospitals!

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Summary:

  • Urgent patients wait an average of 12 hours and 15 minutes at Fernando Fonseca Hospital.

  • 10 hours and 12 minutes is the average wait for urgent patients at Beatriz Ângelo Hospital.

  • Very urgent patients wait only 18 minutes at Fernando Fonseca, while less urgent patients face 15 hours.

  • Santa Maria Hospital reports 2 hours and 48 minutes wait for urgent patients.

  • SNS encourages calling the SNS 24 Line before visiting emergency services.

Alarming Wait Times for Urgent Patients

Urgent patients in Portugal are experiencing unacceptable wait times in hospitals. At the Fernando Fonseca Hospital (Amadora-Sintra), the average waiting time is a staggering 12 hours and 15 minutes, while at the Beatriz Ângelo Hospital in Loures, it's 10 hours and 12 minutes.

According to data from the SNS Portal, as of 2 PM, 44 urgent patients were waiting at the central emergency unit of the Fernando Fonseca Hospital, with an average wait of 12 hours and 15 minutes. In comparison, very urgent patients (orange wristbands) waited an average of 18 minutes, while less urgent patients (green wristbands) faced waits of 15 hours.

At the Beatriz Ângelo Hospital, 25 urgent patients were waiting an average of 10 hours and 12 minutes, while very urgent patients had a wait of just 6 minutes. The 16 less urgent patients had to wait 9 hours and 55 minutes.

The Santa Maria Hospital reported that 5 urgent patients were waiting around 2 hours and 48 minutes, while very urgent patients waited 31 minutes and less urgent patients about 1 hour and 55 minutes.

In other hospitals like Cascais and Portimão, urgent patients were still waiting over 2 hours. For those with orange wristbands, wait times ranged from 30 to 50 minutes in these facilities.

The SNS executive board urges the public to always call the SNS 24 Line [808 24 24 24] before heading to an emergency service.

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