The average waiting time for emergency patients in hospitals in the Lisbon region at 8:30 am this Wednesday ranged from almost 18:00 in Fernando Fonseca (Amadora Sintra) to 1 hour and 6 minutes in García de Horta in Almada.
According to the National Health Service Portal consulted by the Lusa agency, 60 patients with a yellow bracelet (urgent) were this Wednesday at 8:30 am in the emergency department of the Fernando Fonseca Hospital (Amadora Sintra), with an average waiting time of 17 hours 56 minutes, while the recommended time is 60 minutes.
At Santa Maria Hospital the average waiting time was 7 hours 53 minutes, with 23 people wearing the yellow bracelet at the time in the central emergency service and 45 people waiting in the general emergency service at the Beatriz Angelo Hospital in Loures. with a yellow bracelet, waiting time 13 hours 47 minutes.
At the San Francisco Xavier and Garcia de Orta (Almada) hospitals, waiting times are 2 hours 3 minutes (5 people) and one hour 21 minutes (59 people), respectively.
In the Porto region, according to information that Lusa consulted around 9:00 am, at the São João hospital the average waiting time is 1 hour 37 minutes for very urgent patients, with three people wearing an orange bracelet and 2 hours and 19 minutes for emergency patients, 10 people wear a yellow bracelet.
At Santo António Hospital, the waiting time for emergency patients is less than an hour (00:59) and eight people are waiting for them, while at Pedro Hispano, in Matosinhos, the waiting time for emergency patients is 1 hour 6 minutes (one person). waiting).
At the Eduardo Santos Silva Hospital in Vila Nova de Gaia, 28 people were waiting in the multipurpose emergency department wearing yellow bracelets, with a waiting time of 10 hours and 12 minutes.
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).
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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