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Inem Denies Failures in the Case of a Man Who Died After 20 Minutes of Waiting, but Admits that Times Are Not Guaranteed

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A 45-year-old man died after waiting for more than 20 minutes. Institute claims that he did not register difficulties in media activation and that times are not maximum guaranteed.

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A 45-year-old man died after waiting for more than 20 minutes. Institute claims that he did not register difficulties in media activation and that times are not maximum guaranteed.

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Man died after waiting more than 20 minutes for the rescue, which should have reached the site in eight minutes, according to the priorities defined by INEM. Local bombers claim it is impossible to meet the time envisaged due to the conditions of the roads.

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The Ministry of Health's agency justifies the time with the distance from the means and ensures that there was no difficulties in activating emergency resources.

According to what the Abrantes fire chief, António Manuel Jesus, told mediotejo.net, the incident occurred outside the train station and the firefighters were called at 7:34 am, indicating that it was impossible, with the current road conditions, to cover the distance between the fire station in Abrantes and Tramagal in the eight minutes predicted by INEM (National Institute of Medical Emergency). “When […] The content Man dies in Tramagal after…

A 45-year-old man died on Thursday in Abrantes after waiting more than 20 minutes for emergency services, which should have arrived at the scene within eight minutes, according to the priorities defined by INEM (National Institute of Medical Emergency). According to a source from the Abrantes fire department, in the district of Santarém, who spoke to Lusa news agency, the incident occurred outside the train station and firefighters were called …

Half of an emergency lasted more than 20 minutes to reach an event classified as a priority, when the maximum time foreseen by INEM is eight minutes. In case there are new doubts about the response to the emergency system.

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Correio da Manhã broke the news in on Friday, January 23, 2026.
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