Guimarães
- yesterday
Portuguese emergency service dispatches distant crew to fatal cardiac arrest; local team was 3 minutes away
A 48-year-old man died of cardiac arrest in the village of Taipas after emergency dispatchers sent a fire brigade from Guimarães, 9 kilometres away, instead of the fully available local corps just a few minutes from the scene. INEM has opened an investigation, and emergency medical technicians are calling it a symptom of systemic failure.
- 4d ago
Portuguese romance scammer detained after conning five women out of over 60,000 euros via fake Instagram profiles
Polícia Judiciária arrested a 28-year-old man in Guimarães on 9 July in operation "Coração de Ouro" after he posed as a wealthy investor to defraud women he met on Instagram.
