More births registered in public hospitals

In the first semester, 4.5% more babies were born in the National Health Service (SNS) than in the same period of 2022, the Minister of Health said on 27 July, recalling that this year there were only previously scheduled maternity closures.

By TPN/Lusa, in News · 30 Jul 2023, 11:02 · 2 Comments

According to the minister, seven more babies were born per day in the SNS, "which proves that the system is working, with quality and safety".

The minister was speaking to journalists after a visit to the S. José hospital in Lisbon, as part of a World Youth Day (WYD) initiative.

Regarding the salary negotiations with the doctors' unions, the minister said he was very committed to a constructive dialogue with all health professionals, and stressed several times that this dialogue should be done at the negotiating table and not in the media.

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Comments

It remains to be announced which groups are having all these babies. There are many Non-Europeans who come to Portugal to have their babies in the attempt to gain residency and then move on to Northern European countries. It's called baby dumping.

By S from Other on 30 Jul 2023, 13:41

It is obviously a good news! Numbers are increasing as many using Portugal immigration and health services to fix their immigration status in the EU. Authorities should know where most of the couples are coming from and where they are moving to after the baby is born. We need to calculate the ultimate outcome!

By Aa from Lisbon on 22 Aug 2023, 10:04