Hospital Preparedness Issues Emerge After Blackout

A 2025 three-day power outage exposed significant vulnerabilities within Portugal’s National Health Service (SNS) hospitals. Despite some positive outcomes from the event – namely increased awareness of these weaknesses – many hospitals were unprepared. The SNS director emphasized that these issues have now been addressed, highlighting a critical need for improved infrastructure resilience.

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