The Gynecology, Obstetrics and Obstetrics Emergency Unit of the Abrantes Hospital Unit of the Médio Tejo Local Health Unit (ULS Médio Tejo) will impose restrictions from 00:00 on January 6 (Saturday) to 9:00 on January 7 (Sunday). Therefore, both services will be closed.
Pregnant women in the area of influence of ULS Médio Tejo who go into labor should call the SNS 24 line (24 24 24 808) to find out the emergency service in the area to which they should go, within the scope of the “Nasser” “Plan. In Security” on the SNS. In case of emergency call 112.
In this scenario, on the sidelines of the Red Cross ambulance delivery ceremony in Abrantes and Tomar, Manuel Jorge Valamatos, in his capacity as president of the inter-municipal community of Medio Tejo, was questioned about this situation. The mayor said that this is a “major concern” and added that the country is going through a series of restrictions in the field of health, which means that Santarém and Medio Tejo cannot achieve immunity.
He stressed that with the professionalism of all health workers, there is a record that must be recorded, pointing to the steadfastness and great effort at this time. He pointed to the efforts made during the pandemic and strengthened the work of specialists and management at the hospital center in keeping services open. But he stressed that “there are unavoidable situations that we want to believe that the future will dictate to us languages with greater responsiveness and we hope that we can quickly, through different strategies, overcome these difficulties that we face and in the Centro Hospitalar do Médio Tejo, in Abrantes, Tomar and Torres Novas.” All services are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Manuel Jorge Valamatos, President of CIM Médio Tejo
The average waiting time for urgent patients exceeded 8:30 am today, 2 pm at the Beatrice Angelo Hospital in Llores, and 11 hours at the Amadora Sintra Hospital, according to data from the National Health Service portal.
According to the data consulted by Lusa, at 8:30 am, the average waiting time for urgent patients (with a yellow bracelet) in the general emergency service of the Beatrice Angelo Hospital was 14:37 hours, while the recommended time was 60 minutes. .
In the emergency room of this unit, there were 42 users wearing yellow bracelets waiting to be seen.
Patients listed on the SNS portal as on hold include those awaiting first care and those awaiting results of tests performed after care.
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