“In case of acute illness, turn to SNS24. It has all the information (…)”, said Fernando Araújo, who was heard at the Parliamentary Health Committee, at the request of the PCP, on the closure of maternity wards in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Region.

The executive director of the SNS insisted that the SNS Line 24 "must be the gateway" into the system and should always be "the first contact".

"Not only in childbirth but in general, in cases of acute illness," he added.

The SNS24 health line can be used by calling 808 24 24 24