From this Tuesday, users will be able to obtain information about emergency services available over the next seven days through an interactive page on the National Health Service (SNS) portal, the SNS Executive Office has announced.
The tool automatically integrates emergency schedules contained in the Integrated Service Provider Information System for the next seven days and is available at https://www.sns.gov.pt/urgency-services-sns/, the executive statement said. .
“This means that the information available is obtained from the platform where hospitals upload and constantly update their emergency staffing schedule, and this is the same platform that is used to refer users through Line SNS 24 (808 24 24 24),” explained in company. Executive Directorate.
According to the statement, users can search by emergency type, by region, by local medical facility and by medical facility and “quickly and intuitively discover which hospitals are closest and which are available.”
The executive said the data will be updated hourly, providing users with information from every hospital and NHS on emergency services.
The SNS Executive Directorate also stressed that the summer plan is “in progress” regarding obstetrics/gynaecology emergencies, which in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region have presented the greatest difficulties with shutdowns in recent weeks, working as a network to “always guarantee a response”.
He said this OB/GYN emergency plan was agreed upon between the Department of Health, clinic leaders and board chairs of participating hospitals.
Over the past two weeks, the Ministry of Health has published a map of emergency services open, with restrictions and closed for the following days, with the biggest restrictions on the work schedules of health workers occurring in Lisbon and Vale do Tejo in the areas of obstetrics and pediatrics. .
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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