X-rays for health in 10 graphs: more expenses, more surgeries and emergencies in 2023

In 2023, 23.1 million medical appointments were made at hospitals, 1.2 million more than in the previous year. There are more than 25,000 doctors working in Portugal.

The Rawson Hospital Health Team demonstrated to denounce the wrongful dismissal of 18 doctors, nurses, administrative and technicians.The entrance As demand grows in public hospitals, the Province dismisses dozens of workers was first published in La ink.

According to INE, public sector hospitals also provided most medical appointments.

According to the National Statistics Institute (INE), public sector hospitals also provided the majority of medical appointments, “but this is the component of activity in which private hospitals were able to achieve the most significant weight, representing 39.2% of the total”. Data from the publication “Health Statistics”, released on the occasion of World Health Day, which is celebrated on April 7, indicate that in 2023 there were 242 hospita…