See emergency services to be closed over the weekend
The standards available in the SNS portal also indicate that 130 emergency services are open nationwide over the weekend, they join 30 gynecology and maternity It works under the pilot project, which represents the previous contact of users with the SNS 24 line.
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Five emergency conditions of gynecology and maternity and pediatrics are closed on Saturday and six Sunday, mostly in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley area, according to scales Published in the SNS portal.
According to the data, the Lusa Agency contacted at 13:45 pm this Friday, closing the gynecology and maternity emergency services of Garcia de Orta Hospitals in Almada, Vila Franca de Jira and Santo Andreia, Leria.
The services were closed on Sunday, and the emergency of these specialties will be closed at Sao Bernardo Hospital in Setball.
Gynecology and Maternity Emergency Service Sao Francisco Javier HospitalIn Lisbon, it will only receive cases sent by the Urgent Sick Guidance Center (CODO) of the National Institute of Medical Emergency (Inem).
Sunday, gynecology emergency service Braga Hospital It is in conditional between 00:00 and 08:00 and the necessity of maternity between 00:00 and 24:00, Inum only receives the cases suggested.
According to SNS emergency standards, hospitals’ pediatric emergency services will also be closed over the weekend Vila Franca de Jira and Beatriz âGELLOIn Laurx.
The need for pediatric Amadora-Sinra Hospital It is mentioned between 00:00 and 08:00 and midnight between 00:00 and 08:00 and midnight, only receiving internal or mentioned cases through the Inem or SNS 24 line.
Approximately 130 Open Emergencies
The standards available in the SNS portal also indicate that 130 emergency services are open nationwide over the weekend, they join 30 gynecology and maternity It works under the pilot project, which represents the previous contact of users with the SNS 24 line.
The difficulty of emergency services is mainly the lack of medical professionals to confirm the standards, the highest number of vacations, such as summer and year end, and long weekends.
The difficulties of the operation of emergency services are more clear in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley in the country without a family physician.
Health officers appeal to the population so that before going to the necessity, Contact the SNS24 line (808 24 24 24 24) To get the right guidance.
