The average waiting time for emergency patients in Lisbon hospitals varies from 1:30 to 5 hours.

The average waiting time for emergency patients in hospitals in the Lisbon region varied at 22:00 this Friday from more than 5 hours in Fernando Fonseca (Amadora Sintra) to 1:30 in San José.

According to National Health Service Portal data consulted by Lusa, the number of patients waiting in the emergency department and waiting times at 10pm this Friday were lower than the last few days of this week.

At the general emergency service of the Fernando Fonseca Hospital (Amadora Sintra), the average waiting time at 22:00 this Friday was 5 hours 12 minutes, while the recommended time is 60 minutes, with eight people wearing a yellow bracelet. There were four people waiting in the gynecology and obstetrics emergency room; the waiting time was 2 hours and 54 minutes.

At the general emergency service of the Beatrice Angelo Hospital in Loures, 32 people with a yellow bracelet were waiting, with a waiting time of 3 hours 30 minutes. This unit had ten people waiting with an orange wristband (recommended time of 10 minutes) with a wait time of 3 hours and 20 minutes.

In San Francisco, two people with a yellow bracelet were waiting for Xavier, the wait time was 3 hours and 27 minutes.

At Santa Maria Hospital, the average wait time was 3 hours 18 minutes, with 18 people wearing a yellow bracelet and three people waiting with an orange bracelet in the central emergency department at the time, for a wait time of 24 minutes.

At the García de Orta, Almada and San José hospitals, waiting times were 1 hour 48 minutes (35 people) and 1 hour 30 minutes (03), respectively.

At the D. Estefania Pediatric Hospital, the wait time was 42 minutes, with six people in the emergency room, within the estimated time.

In the Porto region, at the Santo Antonio hospital, waiting times for emergency patients were 2 hours 50 minutes, with 16 people waiting, and four people with an orange bracelet faced a waiting time of 1 hour 42 minutes.

At São João Hospital, the average waiting time for emergency patients was 2 hours 18 minutes, with 44 people wearing a yellow bracelet. Six people wearing yellow wristbands waited in the pediatric emergency room for a wait time of 1 hour and 21 minutes.

At the Eduardo Santos Silva Hospital, Vila Nova de Gaia, six people with yellow bracelets were waiting in the multi-purpose emergency department with a waiting time of 1 hour 46 minutes, and in the pediatric emergency department there were two emergency patients with a waiting time of 1 hour. hour and 19 minutes.

In Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos, the waiting time for emergency patients was 42 minutes (04 people), in line with the estimated time.

Manchester triage, which assesses a user’s clinical risk and assigns a priority level, has five levels: urgent (red wristband), very urgent (orange), urgent (yellow), less urgent (green) and non-urgent. ( blue).

In the case of a yellow bracelet, the first service should not take more than 60 minutes, and in the case of a green bracelet, it is recommended not to exceed 120 minutes (two hours).

The Ministry of Health announced this Friday that about 190 health centers will be open over the New Year’s weekend, similar to what happened on Christmas Day.

According to the calendar, on Saturday, the 30th, 233 clinics will be open, and on Sunday, the 31st, 193 clinics will be open. On Monday, a public holiday, January 1, and Tuesday, January 2, 187 medical centers will be open.

Also in the statement, the Ministry of Health said that in the event of a non-emergency acute illness, the use of alternatives available to emergency services, such as health centers and SNS 24 digital services, “helps reduce the burden on hospitals.” emergency care, through care that can be provided elsewhere in the NHS.”