Algarve Local Health Unit Has 1.2 Million Euros Receivable From Foreigners in 2023 and 2024

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The Local Health Unit (ULS) of the Algarve has to charge 1,234,358 euros relating to services provided to foreign non-residents in Portugal, in 2023 and 2024, reveals an audit of the General Inspectorate of Health Activities (IGAS). The value is identified in an audit made by IGAS to the assistance provided to foreign non-residents in Portugal in the emergency services of the hospitals of the National Health Service (SNS), which analyzed the rea…

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The nationalities identified included people from France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Spain. The main reason for going to the emergency room was illness.

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The value is identified in an audit carried out by IGAS to the assistance provided to foreign persons not resident in Portugal in the emergency services of hospitals of the National Health Service (SNS), which analyzed the reality of the ULS of Algarve, the main tourist region of the country, in this period of two years. The audit detected the existence of relevant challenges regarding the procedures for the admission of users that are not effec…