Portugal's healthcare system is comprehensive and of a high standard, with public hospitals and healthcare centers offering free medical care to Portuguese citizens and foreign nationals who have been granted legal residency or legal work permits (based on the principle of reciprocity). When enrolled in the Portuguese Social Security, you only need to pay the registration fee when you visit a public hospital, and there are discounts of up to 20-30% and 20-90% on medicines, depending on the nature of the medicine and the place of origin.
Description: When applying for Portuguese immigrants, the applicant will be assisted to purchase immigration insurance (domestic insurance and Portuguese local insurance two kinds), once the customer has purchased the immigration insurance and the successful completion of the submission of immigration materials, it is indicated that the applicant has been admitted to the Portuguese welfare system, you can enjoy the same free medical treatment as the locals.
Portuguese hospitals
Portuguese hospitals are public and private. Public **** hospitals are large, well-equipped, technically strong, the number of patients is larger, more time-consuming. Private hospitals are less time-consuming. There are community hospitals in all Portuguese communities, but they only provide simple medical services to the registered population in the community.
Three of the top 10 best Portuguese hospitals are located in the capital city of Lisbon, which is also the area where the country's population is now more concentrated in terms of investment and living:
Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte or Santa Maria (Lisbon North Center Hospital)
Located in the neighborhood of the University City of Lisbon, and also the hospital where the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon is located. It is the best hospital in the country from the point of view of medical equipment and from the point of view of medical staffing.
Centro Hospitalar de LisboaOciental (Western Center Hospital of Lisbon)
This hospital, which is known in Portugal for its rapid medical response, was created by merging three traditional Lisbon hospitals (Hospital de Santa Cruz, Hospital de S?o Hospital de Santa Cruz, Hospital de Francisco Xavier and Hospital de Egas Moniz), the merger resulted in the acquisition of many state-of-the-art facilities.
Lisbon Oncology Research Center (Ins. Port. De Oncologia de Lisboa)
The hospital focuses on oncology patients, and has a certain degree of authority in the treatment of cancer. The famous Portuguese footballer Nuno Gomes' father suffered from lung cancer and was treated at the hospital for six years.
Portuguese pharmacies
Pharmacies can be found everywhere, usually with a green cross on the outside. Medicines must be purchased at a pharmacy, and prescription drugs require a doctor's prescription. In some large cities, some pharmacies are open 24 hours a day. Medical and pharmaceutical prices are moderate.
In Portugal, where the healthcare system is well developed, from private doctors, community doctors, specialized hospitals and general hospitals, procedures are set up to apportion the responsibility for each individual's medical care to every corner within the healthcare system, and everyone's health is covered by the broader framework of the healthcare system, an initiative that facilitates the integration of national healthcare.
The general process of treatment in public hospitals
Go to the Juntade freguesia (local government) near your home to get a certificate of residence, the required documents: passport, tax ID number material, title deed and purchase contract.
The staff will ask for some basic information such as the name of the client's parents, enter it into the computer system, and then issue a certificate of residence document. Since two staff members need to sign on the certificate of residence, it usually takes 5-8 working days to get it, so the last thing is to go there in advance.
Register at the Centro de Saude (Regional Health Center) near your home, and when you get to the health center, explain to the staff what you want to do, and produce the documents: passport, and proof of residency documents.
The health center will register your personal information and issue a stamped document with your health insurance number (important, keep it!). If you don't have a health insurance number, you are not exempt from the benefits of seeing a doctor at the local public hospital.
The process of seeing a doctor is: the customer first in the Centro de Saude (Regional Health Center) to make an appointment, and then in the Centro de Saude (Regional Health Center), if the health center can not be resolved, will help you to make an appointment for the big public hospitals, and then finally go to the big public hospitals to see a doctor.
Big public hospitals are treated as emergencies if there is no appointment. Clients need to go to the triage desk first, where a nurse at the triage desk will dispense a paper bracelet with a barcode based on a description of your symptoms.
The paper bracelets are categorized as green, yellow and orange, with increasing levels of severity. Then you enter the patient waiting area and queue up. Names are called on the radio, and when they are called, you follow the instructions to get a checkup or see a doctor, which is usually done in the morning when there are relatively few people.
After the visit, take the hospital's prescription to the pharmacy to buy drugs, again with the so-called health insurance policy, prices can be discounted.
But don't think that's the end of the story. If you have an emergency room visit, you'll probably get a bill in the mail about a week later for all the other medical expenses you'll have to pay for the doctor and nurses you saw in the emergency room, and it's not a bad deal.
At this point, if you are not very clear about these costs, be sure to inquire at the hospital department that issued this receipt, because some of the costs can be reimbursed through the SNS so-called social security system, but only those who have paid this insurance tax can take advantage of it.
Note: the above matters are only applicable to public hospitals, private hospitals can not
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