6 Obstetrics and Pediatrics emergencies close this Tuesday and will only reopen on Thursday, announces the SNS Portal.
Six emergency Gynecology/Obstetrics, Pediatrics and General services are closed today and on Wednesday, according to the National Health Service (SNS) Emergency Scales.
According to information published in SNS portal on Monday nightthe pediatric emergencies at Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, in Louresnot District Hospital Torres Vedras e no Hospital Peniche.
O Abrantes Hospital and the Caldas da Rainha District Hospital have the Gynecology and Obstetrics emergency department closed, while the Peniche Hospital has the general emergency department closed.
On New Year’s Day, the emergency rooms are also closed for sixbut they open the emergency rooms at Hospital de Peniche and close the general and pediatric emergency rooms at Hospital de São João da Madeira.
The data shows that the number of emergencies referred today is 10 and increases to 11 on New Year’s Day, one more than the day before, and open services remain at 188.
During the two 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.
The emergencies of these specialties in hospitals Cascais, Amadora-Sintra, Santa Maria, São Francisco Xavier, both in Lisbon, Beatriz Ângelo (today), Caldas da Rainha, Vila Franca de Xira, Braga, Leiria and the Centro Materno Infantil do Norte will only be receiving internal cases and those referred by CODU/INEM and Line SNS 24
The Hospital Amadora-Sintra also has pediatric emergency referenced between 00:00 and 08:00 and 20:00 and 24:00. On Wednesday, the Hospital of Beja will have the general urgency referenced between 20:00 and 24:00.
The SNS Executive Directorate calls on users to call SNS Line 24 before going to the emergency room.
From December 16th, pregnant women must call the SNS Pregnant line before resorting to the obstetrics and gynecology emergency department of the hospitals that joined the project that began in a 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 de Portalegre.
From January onwards, the ULS on the Setúbal Peninsula will join the project, namely Almada-Seixal, Arco Ribeirinho and Setúbal.