Director of Portimão Emergency replaced

The director of the Emergency Service at Portimão Hospital has been replaced, a decision unrelated to the death of an 87-year-old man. The hospital confirmed that an investigation will be conducted regarding the circumstances of the man's death, which occurred after approximately 10 hours of waiting. The patient arrived with abdominal pain and vomiting but was not attended to until the early hours of the following day. Despite attempts at resuscitation, he was declared dead in the resuscitation room. The hospital administration clarified that he was not found dead in the waiting area, and the patient had multiple health issues, complicating the situation.