Rate of 3 deaths per 1000 births last year. “Having closed emergencies is not a good answer,” admits Minister.
There is more you drink a to die in Portugal. Last year, the Child mortality rate rose 20%compared to 2023.
Throughout 2024, and according to the National Institute of Statistics, 252 babies died under 1 year; It is a rate of 3 deaths for every 1000 births. In the previous year there were 210 deaths of babies up to 1 year (2.5 per 1000 births).
This considerable climb, reported by, took place in a year marked by lack of doctors and the closure of the urgencies of obstetrics and pediatrics.
A Minister of Health It has already admitted a relationship between these numbers and the lack of investment in the maternal and child area of the National Health Service.
“Having emergencies that are closed or intermittent It’s not a good answer. Having pediatric emergencies that are fragile is not a good answer either, ”Ana Paula Martins told reporters.
The Portuguese Nurses Union (SEP) considered that increased child mortality should worry the whole of society.
“It is a situation that should worry everyone and leave alert about maternal and infantile care”The Lusa agency told SEP leader Guadalupe Simões.
For the SEP, the “recent announcements” of private public partnerships that cover health centers are also a cause for concern.
According to the leader, the measure calls into question primary health care.
