Three intensive care patients transferred from Lisbon to Madeira

Three intensive care patients from hospitals in Lisbon were transferred this afternoon to the Nélio Mendonça hospital in Funchal, on the island of Madeira.

This transfer of patients follows the availability expressed by the Autonomous Region of Madeira to receive critical patients from the National Health Service on the mainland following the “overload” occurring in hospitals on mainland Portugal. Air transport will be provided by the Ministry of National Defence