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Learn about the three coexisting systems of healthcare in Portugal: the National Health Service, the health subsystems and the private insurance. Find out how the SNS covers Continental Portugal, while the Azores and Madeira have their own regional services.
In Portugal, the free of charge phone number for emergency medical service is the Europe wide 112 (emergency telephone number). When someone dials "1-1-2", the call is directed to a PSP Police dispatch center. The PSP dispatch center redirects the call accordingly for the type of emergency to the appropriate emergency services.
The University of Madeira is a public university in Funchal, Portugal, founded in 1988. It offers various academic programs in arts, sciences, engineering, health, and social sciences, and has a partnership with Carnegie Mellon University.
Madeira is an autonomous region of Portugal in the North Atlantic Ocean, with a subtropical climate and a rich biodiversity. It was discovered by Portuguese sailors in 1419 and settled in 1420, and is known for its wine, flora, fauna and cruise tourism.
Madeira is a Portuguese island in the Atlantic Ocean, part of the Madeira Archipelago. It is a volcanic island with a mountainous interior, a coastline of 150 km, and a population of about 245,000.
Jean Harris was the headmistress of The Madeira School for girls and the lover of cardiologist Herman Tarnower, who wrote a popular diet book. She was convicted of killing him in 1980 after a long and sensational trial, but claimed it was an accident.
The region of Madeira and Porto Santo has a total population of just under 256,060, the majority of whom live on Madeira Island (251,060) where the population density is 337/km 2; leaving around 5,000 on Porto Santo island where the population density is 112/km 2. About 247,000 residents, or 96% of the population, are Catholic.
UWMC is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington. It opened in 1959 and is ranked among the top hospitals in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report.