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DE-SNS Opens 14-Day Public Consultation on a New Medicina Intensiva Network — 21 Service Units With Installed-but-Inactive Beds, Target of 95% Specialist Cover and a 1-Nurse-Per-1.5-Patient ICU Ratio

DE-SNS Opens 14-Day Public Consultation on a New Medicina Intensiva Network — 21 Service Units With Installed-but-Inactive Beds, Target of 95% Specialist Cover and a 1-Nurse-Per-1.5-Patient ICU Ratio

DE-SNS opens a 14-day public consultation (closing 20 May 2026) on a new Medicina Intensiva network. 21 SMI units have installed but inactive beds; 95% intensivist target; 1 nurse per 1.5 ICU patients; 24.4% of SMI lack rehabilitation nurses. Activation pipeline through 2029.
The Portugal Brief
Sociedade Portuguesa de Diabetologia and the Ordem dos Médicos Demand Infarmed Revoke the 13 April Glucose-Sensor Circular — Generic Prescription Treats Two Medical Devices With Different Age Approvals and Different Apps as Interchangeable

Sociedade Portuguesa de Diabetologia and the Ordem dos Médicos Demand Infarmed Revoke the 13 April Glucose-Sensor Circular — Generic Prescription Treats Two Medical Devices With Different Age Approvals and Different Apps as Interchangeable

SPD president Estevão Pape and Ordem dos Médicos bastonário Carlos Cortes call Infarmed's 13 April circular a 'clinical setback'. The shift from brand-specific to generic prescription treats two CGM sensors as interchangeable — but one is approved age 2+, the other age 18+, and the apps don't talk.
The Portugal Brief
Ministério Público Charges Lar do Comércio in Matosinhos for the COVID-19 Deaths of 18 Residents — Six Years On, the Pandemic-Era Care-Home Accountability File Finally Reaches the Penal Code

Ministério Público Charges Lar do Comércio in Matosinhos for the COVID-19 Deaths of 18 Residents — Six Years On, the Pandemic-Era Care-Home Accountability File Finally Reaches the Penal Code

Ministério Público charges Lar do Comércio in Matosinhos and its former leadership with propagation of contagious disease aggravated by the result — 18 deaths and 3 serious-injury counts from the April–May 2020 COVID outbreak that infected 109 of the lar's residents. Indictment filed 31 March 2026.
The Portugal Brief
Hospital Dona Estefânia Suspends Its External Pediatric Surgery Emergency Until Sunday 20:00 — Anaesthesiology Staff Shortage Strips Lisbon's Main Children's Hospital of Operating-Room Cover Through the May Day Long Weekend

Hospital Dona Estefânia Suspends Its External Pediatric Surgery Emergency Until Sunday 20:00 — Anaesthesiology Staff Shortage Strips Lisbon's Main Children's Hospital of Operating-Room Cover Through the May Day Long Weekend

Hospital Dona Estefânia has suspended its external paediatric-surgery emergency until Sunday 3 May at 20:00, citing an anaesthesiology staff shortage. The general paediatric ER stays open. SNS 24 (808 24 24 24) handles the redirect to other paediatric-surgery centres.
The Portugal Brief
Violence Against SNS Healthcare Professionals Climbs to a Record 3,429 Cases in 2025, Up 33% Year-on-Year — Ordem dos Médicos Says the Real Number Is Far Higher and 60% of Reported Episodes Are Psychological

Violence Against SNS Healthcare Professionals Climbs to a Record 3,429 Cases in 2025, Up 33% Year-on-Year — Ordem dos Médicos Says the Real Number Is Far Higher and 60% of Reported Episodes Are Psychological

Violence against SNS healthcare professionals jumped 33% to a record 3,429 cases in 2025, with 60% psychological and 21% physical. Ordem dos Médicos warns the real figure is higher and points to the April 2025 law making assaults on healthcare workers public crimes.
The Portugal Brief