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A patient is carried out on a stretcher by hospital assistants at the Sao Jose hospital during a 48-hour nurses' strike, in Lisbon, Thursday, June 4, 2015

Video. Urgent patients face more than nine hour wait periods in Portugal

Updated: 07/01/2025 - 8:19 GMT+1

Patients seeking urgent medical attention in Portugal face wait times exceeding nine hours at hospitals across the country.

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