Delivery blocks at Caldas da Rainha, Lorres, Barrio and Beja hospitals close at 8am this Friday and reopen Monday morning, according to the National Health Service (SNS) Executive Board plan.
The plan also includes the maternity ward of the Hospital de Portimao, which has been closed since Tuesday at 9 pm, due to the absence of pediatricians, and will reopen on January 2, 2023.
a Close these birth blocks It is part of the Executive Board’s “Birth Safely on SNS” plan to operate maternity hospitals in mainland Portugal during the New Year’s holiday season.
There will be 33 maternity hospitals operating without interruption – 13 in the north, seven in the centre, 10 in Lisbon and the Tagus Valley, two in the Alentejo and one in the Algarve.
Under these conditions, in the northern region, there are maternity hospitals in Bragança, Vila Real, Viana Castelo, Braga, Guimarães, Vila Nova de Famalicao, Povoa de Varzim, Matosinhos, Penafiel, Porto (Hospitals of São João and Santo Antonio), Vila Nova de Gaia and Santa Maria da Fira.
In the Central Region, maternity hospitals in Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Leiria, Guarda, Castelo Branco and Covilha will open without restrictions.
In the same terms, in Lisbon and the Tagus Valley, there are maternity hospitals in Abrantes, Santarem, Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon (Hospitals of Santa Maria, São Francisco Xavier and Maternidad Alfredo da Costa), Amadora-Sintra, Cascais, Almada and Setubal.
The maternity hospitals in Évora, Portalegre in the Alentejo region, and Faro in the Algarve will also be free of restrictions.
And according to a note issued by the Executive Board on Monday, it is still there 221 health centers will be opened On Saturday and 180 on Sunday, New Year’s Day as it actually happened during the Christmas holidays.
The opening hours of the health centers can be found on the SNS portal, says the entity, which appeals to users to look for the nearest answer in primary health care and not to go directly to the emergency room.
With regard to the “Safely Giving Birth on SNS” plan, the SNS Executive Board points out that in the first phase of the plan, which occurred over the Christmas period, 29 birth blocks were operating without interruption, with the SNS network ensuring a response to all users who turned to health services “.
He confirmed that in this period there were no irregularities and 366 children were born in the National Health Service.
The Executive Board adds that it will evaluate the results of the organization of the generation network designed for Christmas and New Year for the purposes of the “next decisions”, that is, “the work of this referral network in the first quarter of 2023.”
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