médico de família
Published 6 November 2026, 09:07
médico de família
Your local doctor at the centro de saúde. They keep your medical history, write prescriptions and refer you to specialists and for tests. You are assigned one based on your address, but not straight away — the waiting list can be long.
Where you come across it. After you get a número de utente and register at the centro de saúde.
Until you have a doctor, go to your health centre's consulta aberta, not to hospital A&E.
Guides
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