Healthcare
Executive Directorate blocks hospital hiring. A strategy to contain costs?
Hospitals in the SNS are unable to hire staff, particularly nurses, because the Executive Directorate of the SNS has not yet approved the 2026 Organizational Development Plans (PDO). This delay, affecting the country's hospitals as they enter the last third of the year, has resulted in hundreds of hospital beds remaining closed.
Why it mattersIf you depend on the SNS, be aware that hundreds of hospital beds remain closed and health services are currently limited in their capacity to open new patient responses or hire necessary clinical staff due to this administrative bottleneck.
