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Hospitals, Doctors in Confusion as State Health Service Computer System Fails

Portugal’s SNS state health service computer system has been down since 10am today in several local health units (hospitals/ health centres, etc.), preventing doctors from issuing prescriptions and accessing patients’

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According to the National Federation of Physicians (Fnam), the Medical Electronic Prescription (PEM) "is completely down" and doctors cannot pass "one single prescription". The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is also unavailable

·Paço de Arcos, Portugal
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Failure is registered at national level and is forcing the suspension of medical consultations, examinations and treatments.

·Lisboa, Portugal
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Several users are reporting flaws in accessing the SNS 24 application, where error messages and warnings emerge that the revenue service is temporarily unavailable.

·Lisboa, Portugal
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A computer failure is affecting several SNS health units, preventing doctors from passing prescriptions and consulting patients' clinical processes.

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FNAM alert: computer system failed around 10 in the morning this Monday at the national level. CSR is also unavailable. The SNS computer system has been down since around 10 o'clock this Monday at several local health units, preventing doctors from passing prescriptions and accessing patients' electronic processes, the FNAM warned. “We have been without a computer system for about 25 minutes and this is probably really national, because I alread…

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Sapo broke the news in Lisboa, Portugal on Monday, October 19, 2026.
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