On New Year’s Eve, eight hospital emergencies are expected to close, while 12 will be closed and 186 will be open. On the first day of 2025, this number drops. Check which services are affected.
Access to hospital emergencies in Gynecology and Obstetrics, as well as Pediatrics, will be restricted during the New Year period, with eight services closed on Tuesday and six the following day, according to the SNS Emergency Scales.
This Monday, the pediatric emergencies at Ponte de Lima Hospital and the Basic Emergency Service of Monção and the Gynecology and Obstetrics emergency department at Abrantes Hospital are closed.according to data consulted by the Lusa agency at 1 pm on the SNS Portal.
In addition to the three closures, 14 emergency services have restrictions todayreceiving only internal emergency cases or those referred by the Urgent Patient Guidance Center (CODU) of the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM) and by the SNS24 line (808242424).
On New Year’s Eve, eight hospital emergencies are expected to close, while 12 will be closed and 186 will be open.
According to the schedules, the pediatric emergencies at the Ponte de Lima Hospital, the Basic Emergency Service of Monção, the Beatriz Ângelo Hospital, in Loures, the Torres Vedras District Hospital and the Peniche Hospital.
O Hospital de Abrantes and Hospital Distrital das Caldas da Rainha have the Gynecology and Obstetrics emergency department closed, while Peniche Hospital has the general emergency department closed.
On New Year’s Day, the number of closed emergency rooms drops to six, with the opening of the general emergency room at Peniche Hospital and the fact that the Gynecology and Obstetrics emergency room at Hospital Beatriz Ângelo is referenced.
The data shows that the number of emergencies referred increases to 13, one more than the day before, and open services remain at 186.
During the three days, the Gynecology and Obstetrics emergency departments at Hospital Garcia de Orta, in Almada, and Hospital São Bernardo, in Setúbal, only receive internal emergencies and cases forwarded by the INEM Urgent Patient Guidance Center.
As emergencies of these specialties in the hospitals of Cascais, Amadora-Sintra, Santa Maria, São Francisco Xavier, both in Lisbon, Beatriz Ângelo (today and Tuesday), Caldas da Rainha, Vila Franca de Xira, Braga, Leiria and in the Maternal Center Infantil do Norte will only be receiving internal cases and those referred by CODU/INEM and Line SNS 24.
O Amadora-Sintra Hospital also has pediatric emergency referenced between 00:00 and 08:00 and 20:00 and 24:00. On Wednesday, Beja Hospital will have general emergency services between 8pm and midnight. The SNS Executive Directorate calls on users to call SNS Line 24 before going to the emergency room.
Since December 16, pregnant women have had to call the SNS Grávida line before resorting to emergency obstetrics and gynecology hospitals. who joined the project that began in the pilot phase in 11 Local Health Units (ULS), mostly in Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, and in three units that voluntarily joined the project: Hospital de Gaia, Centro Materno Infantil do Norte and Hospital from Portalegre. From January onwards, the ULS on the Setúbal Peninsula will join the project, namely Almada-Seixal, Arco Ribeirinho and Setúbal.
