The Local Health Unit of West Lisbon will reprogram outpatient consultations, exams and surgeries scheduled for Wednesday, due to bad weather, and ULS São José evaluates the service situation.
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10/11/2026
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A Western Lisbon Local Health Unit (ULS West Lisbon) will reschedule consultations, examinations and outpatient surgeries scheduled for Wednesday, due to bad weather, and São José ULS evaluates the situation “service service”.
The ULS West Lisbon, which covers the hospitals of São Francisco Xavier and Egas Moniz, reorganized the activity in all health units due to the passage of depression Charles by the continental territory scheduled for Wednesday, and decided to reschedule “for the next days” the consultations, examinations and outpatient surgeries scheduled for Wednesday, November 11.
The users affected by the changes will be contacted by the services and do not need to do any diligence, clarified ULS West Lisbon.
Without changes to the operation, emergency services and unresolved treatments such as hemodialysis and cancer treatments are maintained.
The Western Lisbon ULS recommends avoiding unnecessary travel and using the SNS24 – 808 24 24 24 – line before any emergency visit.
On the other hand, ULS São José, which covers the hospital with the same name, said that “it is monitoring and monitoring the situation permanently, in conjunction with Civil Protection, the Executive Board of the National Health Service and the Directorate General of Health”.
“ Regarding the care activity, the situation is being assessed service-to-service and, in cases where it is necessary to adjust the response, users are being warned”, he added.
The Portuguese Association of Hospital Administrators today criticized the lack of equal orientation for all ULS in the country due to bad weather, when most institutions in the South are already unscheduling the non-urgent activity.
Continental Portugal is in a state of alert, between 00:00 and 23:59 Wednesday, due to the foreseeable worsening of the state of time with the arrival of depression Charles, it is expected that Lisbon, Leiria, Setúbal, Beja and Faro will be the most affected regions.
The gravity of the scenario led the government to decide to close non-essential public schools and services in all districts, and the authorities admitted closing bridges and air traffic restrictions.
According to Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), “the occurrence of heavy rain or shower periods, strong wind, with gusts that can reach 120 km/h and, in case of formation of the phenomenon ‘sting jet’ (air current rapidly descending inside an extratropical depression, accelerating towards the surface), exceed 150 km/h”.