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Nationwide SNS IT Outage Sends Hospitals and Health Centres Back to Paper Prescriptions — SPMS Blames Morning Power Failure as Pharmacies Lose Access to the Receituário Database and SIM Calls Patient Risk 'Intolerable'

Nationwide SNS IT Outage Sends Hospitals and Health Centres Back to Paper Prescriptions — SPMS Blames Morning Power Failure as Pharmacies Lose Access to the Receituário Database and SIM Calls Patient Risk 'Intolerable'

A national outage of the IT systems that underpin the Serviço Nacional de Saúde (National Health Service, SNS) started shortly before 09:00 on Friday 12 June 2026 and was still degrading hospitals, primary-care centres and pharmacies five hours...
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Portugal's Selecção Boards FIFA Deadline-Day Charter for the United States Ahead of 17 June Houston Debut — Roberto Martínez's 26-Man Squad Lands in Group K With RD Congo, Uzbekistan and Colombia

Portugal's Selecção Boards FIFA Deadline-Day Charter for the United States Ahead of 17 June Houston Debut — Roberto Martínez's 26-Man Squad Lands in Group K With RD Congo, Uzbekistan and Colombia

Portugal's Selecção flies to Houston on FIFA deadline day with Roberto Martínez's 26-man squad — Cristiano Ronaldo captains a sixth and final World Cup, with Diogo Jota retained as honorary '+1'. Group K kicks off 17 June vs DR Congo, with RTP1, SIC and TVI co-broadcasting free-to-air.
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