The latest data as of 6 p.m. indicates that the average waiting time for initial assessment at Hospital Fernando Fonseca was 7 hours and 16 minutes for urgent cases (yellow bracelet) and 9 hours and 28 minutes for less urgent cases (green bracelet). Highly urgent cases (orange bracelet) experienced a maximum wait time of 1 hour and 7 minutes.
These waiting times have decreased compared to those recorded earlier in the morning when urgent patients waited over 10 hours.
As of the latest update on the SNS website, there were 100 patients in the emergency department of Hospital Fernando Fonseca, the majority classified as less urgent.
Under the triage system, highly urgent cases (orange) should be attended to within 10 minutes of triage, urgent cases (yellow) in 60 minutes, and less urgent cases (green) in 120 minutes.
On Friday, thirty emergency doctors at Hospital Amadora-Sintra raised concerns about the “unsustainable situation” of their service, citing staffing shortfalls that fail to meet safety standards.
According to the Sindicato dos Médicos da Zona Sul (SMZS), over the first weekend of November, waiting times in the emergency department exceeded 24 hours. The administration at the Unidade Local de Saúde Amadora-Sintra attributed this to the absence of rostered doctors.
