More than 30 emergency services of various specialties experiencing difficulties until the 18th.

From this Saturday until the 18th, more than 30 emergency rooms of various specialties will work with restrictions, the executive department of the SNS reported, admitting that the situation is caused by the refusal of doctors to work overtime.

In the Northern region, DE-SNS indicates operational difficulties in 11 emergency services (different specialties), in the Central region there are five hospital departments with emergency restrictions, in Lisbon and the Tagus Valley region there are 11, one in the north of Alentejo. (Portalegre), one in Évora and two in the Algarve.

In a note published this Saturday, DE-SNS acknowledges that the NHS is at a “critical period in its existence” and says the reorganization of the emergency services response was caused by the unavailability of “an adequate number of doctors”. “Do an extraordinary job.

In the north of the country, between today and the 18th, the emergency department of the Chaves Hospital will experience difficulties with work in the specialties of pediatrics and orthopedics: patients will be sent to Vila Real and the Mirandela Hospital around the world. a week of general surgery, patients are now being treated in Bragança.

Still in the north of the country, Braga Hospital will experience difficulties with admission to the emergency gynecology/obstetrics department on the 14th, 17th and 18th, as well as the general surgery department throughout the week, with the exception of daytime hours on Sunday and the following 18th. In the case of general surgery, patients will be treated at the São João Hospital, while in gynecology/obstetrics the referral institutions are the Medio Avenue Hospital Centre, Guimarães Hospital, Alto Minho Local Health Unit and São João Hospital. .

The Viana do Castelo Hospital unit will have difficulty responding to medical emergencies this Saturday and Sunday, as well as on the night of the 17th and all day and night of the 18th. In this case, patients will receive treatment in a department of the Viana do Castelo Hospital. University Hospital of São João (Porto).

The Vila Nova de Famalicão hospital experienced difficulties today and Sunday in providing general surgery assistance, with the response to be guaranteed by the São João Hospital.

Difficulties in response are also expected at the Santa Maria Mayor Hospital – Basic Emergency Service during the week and at the Medical-Surgical Emergency Service of the Matosinhos Local Unit this Saturday and Sunday, as well as the 17th and 18th. answer at San Juan Hospital.

Difficulties in response are also noted in the Póvoa do Varzim Hospital – Medical-Surgical Emergency Service today, Sunday and the 18th (patients treated in São João), as well as in the Vale do Sousa Hospital department in the emergency gynecology/obstetrics department. (today, Sunday, and the 16th, 17th and 18th), pediatrics (14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th) and general surgery (all week). The Santo António and São João hospitals are the units that will provide this care.

Still in the north of the country, the Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho Hospital will have difficulty providing emergency orthopedic care at night from today until the 18th, while patients will find an answer at the Santo Antonio Hospital (Porto) and c In Vila da Feira Hospital, there will be restrictions in the emergency department of gynecology/obstetrics (nights of the 15th and 16th and all day of the 18th), pediatrics (tonight, Sunday and all day of the 18th) and orthopedics (at night). hours all week).

In the Central Region, where there are 17 points of the SNS emergency network, difficulties will arise in the department of the Viseu Hospital – Multipurpose Emergency Service, in the specialties of general surgery and orthopedics at night during the week and in the da Guarda Hospital, in gynecology/obstetrics (today, Sunday, 17th and 18th) and in orthopedics (at night on the 11th and 13th and throughout the 14th).

Difficulties in response are also observed in the Aveiro Hospital – Medical-Surgical Emergency Service on some days of the week in the departments of gynecology/obstetrics, pediatrics and general surgery, as well as in the Figueira da Foz District Hospital in the specialties of general surgery and orthopedics. In the Leiria hospital department, difficulties in emergency response occur in gynecology/obstetrics, pediatrics, general surgery and cardiology (including Via Verde).

In the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region, where there are 17 points in the SNS emergency network, there will be difficulties in responding to the Hospital de Loures, a medical-surgical emergency service for the specialties of gynecology/obstetrics, pediatrics and general surgery at various times during the week , answers guaranteed in Vila Franca, at the Hospital San Francisco Xavier, at the Central Hospital of Lisbon and at the Central Hospital of the University of Lisbon.

In the Centro Hospitalar do Oeste, difficulties will occur in the Hospital das Caldas da Rainha (gynecology/obstetrics, pediatrics and general surgery) and in Torres Vedras (paediatrics) at different times and days of the week.

There will also be difficulties in answering in Abrantes, in pediatrics (11, 12 and 18), in Santarem, in gynecology/obstetrics (13 and 15) and in Vila Franca de Jira, in gynecology/obstetrics (11 and 12). ).

At the Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Oeste, EPE – Multipurpose Emergency Service, difficulties will occur in the evenings in the pediatric specialty throughout the week, and at the Amadora Sintra Hospital in gynecology/obstetrics (13th, 14th, 15th and 15th). 16th) and in pediatrics (in the evenings during the week).

At the García de Orta Hospital, restrictions will apply to the specialties of gynecology/obstetrics, pediatrics, general surgery and neurology (Via Verde AVC) on different days of the week, and at the Barreiro Montijo Hospital from the night of the 13th to the night of the 18th in departments Emergency care gynecology/obstetrics and pediatrics.

Specialists in gynecology/obstetrics and pediatrics will also have difficulty responding in Setúbal today and on Sunday, as users will be directed to the García de Horta and Barreiro Montijo hospitals.

In the Portalegre Hospital department, the emergency medical-surgical service will have difficulty providing care in general surgery on some days of the week, the same happens in this specialty in the Évora Hospital (all week), as well as in pediatrics (at night).

In the Algarve, emergency pediatricians will have difficulty responding, in Portimão on the 11th and 12th, and at certain times on the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th. In Faro, difficulties with response will arise in general surgery (on the night of the 12th). and during the day on the 13th) and in pediatrics (today and Sunday, on the night of the 15th and daytime hours of the 16th, as well as on the night of the 17th and during the day and night of the 18th).