This Thursday at 22:00 the average waiting time for emergency patients exceeded 13 hours at the Beatriz Angelou hospital in Loures and more than 6 hours at the Fernando Fonseca (Amadora Sintra) and San Francisco Xavier hospitals.
According to data from the National Health Service Portal consulted by the Lusa agency, 54 patients with a yellow bracelet (urgent) were present this Wednesday at 22:00 in the emergency department of the Beatriz Angelo Hospital in Loures, with an average waiting time of 13 hours 39 minutes, while recommended time is 60 minutes.
There were eight people waiting in this department with an orange bracelet, i.e. very urgent patients (recommended time 10 minutes) with a waiting time of 4 hours 27 minutes.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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