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40% of Amadora-Sintra patients are foreigners. President warns: "There are people who arrive at the airport and come here"
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40% of Amadora-Sintra patients are foreigners. President warns: "There are people who arrive at the airport and come here"

SAPO Notícias14 September 2026 at 09:03

The president of the Board of Directors of ULS Amadora-Sintra warned that 40% of patients at the unit are foreigners. The phenomenon of so-called health tourism is representing a significant problem for one of the most pressured hospital units in the country.

The official warned that there are people who arrive at the airport and head directly to the Amadora-Sintra hospital, which increases the pressure on the hospital infrastructure.

The situation raises concerns about the hospital's capacity to serve both the local population and foreign patients, in a context of limited resources and high demand.

Why this matters

Residents in the Lisbon area face potentially longer wait times and reduced access to healthcare at a hospital that is already overburdened. The situation follows a growing trend of health tourism in Portugal, where foreign patients choose the country for treatments, putting pressure on local infrastructure originally intended for the resident population.

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