On Thursday, the Dr. NĂ©lio Mendonça Hospital was swamped, leaving more than 60 patients on trolleys in corridors as beds were unavailable. A spokesperson who contacted JM. said that they were under ‘enormous pressure. With patients lining the corridors, nursing staff claim that this situation is becoming more and more…
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Approximately 240 patients were treated in the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department at Dr. NĂ©lio Mendonça Hospital on Monday within a short space of time. Despite the positive response from the professionals, the high influx caused constraints in the emergency means, with ambulances being immobilised due to a lack of…
As a way of “giving voice to the appeals of patients and families,” the Portuguese Labour Party – PTP, denounced that there are patients who have been stranded for days in the A & E department at the Dr. NĂ©lio Mendonça Hospital, due to the lack of available beds. In…
Chaos persists in the Emergency Department of Hospital Dr. NĂ©lio Mendonça, in Funchal. There are countless stretchers with patients ‘parked’ along access corridors in the hospital building. “It’s unbelievable the amount of stretchers in the corridors. You almost can’t walk through.” said one witness to DIĂRIO morning. Stretchers with patients…