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Pregnant Refused at Faro Hospital: Minister Says Rules Have Not Been Complied With

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Ana Paula Martins stressed the importance of health units providing training to their professionals to ensure that the law is complied with and that situations like this do not recur.
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Ana Paula Martins says that the 40-week pregnant woman in labor assisted by the INEM at the door of the hospital in Faro should have been admitted, even with the obstetric emergency reserved for serious cases. ULS of the Algarve argues that she assessed the case as low risk and that the means of that unit should not be occupied in a situation without risk.

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The pregnant woman still had to make a 70-kilometre journey to attend the hospital in Portimão, since the delivery block of the hospital in Faro was closed.

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Ana Paula Martins stressed the importance of health units providing training to their professionals to ensure that the law is complied with and that situations like this do not recur.

·Portugal
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Publico broke the news in Portugal on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
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