13 hours of waiting for urgent patients at Penafiel Hospital on the first day of the year Average waiting times for urgent patients exceeded 11 am today,
It is expected that patients will continue to be transferred from public hospitals in the coming daysThis is according to the vacancies available at the
By Reuters Staff
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LISBON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Hospitals in Portugal flooded with COVID-19 patients are at risk of failing to meet soaring demand for oxygen, the head of the doctors’ association said on Wednesday, after a major hospital’s supply system partly failed due to overuse.
A total of 53 patients had to be transferred from Lisbon’s Fernando Fonseca Hospital on Tuesday night in order to prevent its oxygen system from collapsing.
The problem is not a lack of oxygen, but the fact that reservoirs are incapable of providing it at enough pressure to so many patients at once, Guimaraes told Observador radio.
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LISBON (Reuters) - Hospitals in Lisbon flooded with COVID-19 patients are at risk of failing to meet soaring demand for oxygen, the head of Portugal’s doctors association said as Germany sent military medics to the country to evaluate how they can help.
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Portugal, with a confirmed total of 668,951 cases and 11,305 deaths including a record 293 dead on Wednesday, is struggling to handle a record surge in infections.
Hospitals are using two-thirds of their intensive care beds for COVID-19 patients and military hospitals are converting cafeterias into wards.
More than 20 ambulances with COVID-19 patients queued outside Portugal’s largest hospital, the Santa Maria in Lisbon, on Wednesday evening as they waited for beds to become available, according to a Reuters witness.
3 Min Read
LISBON (Reuters) - Hospitals in Lisbon flooded with COVID-19 patients are at risk of failing to meet soaring demand for oxygen, the head of Portugal’s doctors association said as Germany sent military medics to the country to evaluate how they can help.
Slideshow ( 5 images )
Portugal, with a confirmed total of 668,951 cases and 11,305 deaths including a record 293 dead on Wednesday, is struggling to handle a record surge in infections.
Hospitals are using two-thirds of their intensive care beds for COVID-19 patients and military hospitals are converting cafeterias into wards.
More than 20 ambulances with COVID-19 patients queued outside Portugal’s largest hospital, the Santa Maria in Lisbon, on Wednesday evening as they waited for beds to become available, according to a Reuters witness.