Long queues persist at the Unidade de Cuidados de Saúde Personalizados (UCSP) do Olival, in Cacém, with users arriving before dawn to seek care. The leader of the PCP visited the site to document these complaints.
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Read today’s briefingData from the National Statistics Institute (INE) shows that nearly 50% of the population aged 65 and over struggles with daily activities such as grocery shopping or cleaning. Additionally, less than one-third of this age group reports living without any physical or sensory limitations.
The national vaccination campaign, which began on Wednesday, is experiencing significant technical outages in the digital platform used by health centers and pharmacies to register administered vaccines. Nurses and pharmacy staff are currently forced to use manual contingency procedures, raising concerns about potential registration errors and increased administrative workload during the launch of the seasonal winter campaign.
The Association of Family Health Units projects that it will be possible to provide a family doctor to every patient by 2029. This is due to a projected decrease in the number of family doctors reaching retirement age in the coming years.