According to the report, a woman aged about 80 died on Tuesday evening at the Padre America Hospital in Penafiel while waiting for a stretcher for medical treatment. Porto Canal.
More than 77 patients were hospitalized and nine ambulances were detained. The average wait time for patients with a yellow bracelet is more than five hours. For emergency patients it takes more than two hours.
According to information provided to Lusa by Bayan Fire Department Commander Alexander Pinto, at 12:30 p.m., there were already more than 50 patients in the emergency room of the Padre America Hospital.
The emergency department at the Padre América Hospital is the only medical-surgical care unit in the Tamega e Sousa Hospital Center (CHTS), which also includes the São Gonçalo Hospital in Amarante, which operates a basic emergency department.
Author: morning Post This Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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