Delegate: Unidade Multidisciplinar de Medicina do Sono do Hospital Garcia de Orta
Affiliation: Hospital Garcia de Orta – Unidade Local de Saúde Almada -Seixal
Short Bio: The Multidisciplinary Sleep Medicine Unit of the Garcia de Orta Hospital/ ULS Almada -Seixal active team is composed by
Medical doctor staff
– Vicência Ribeiro Pulmonologist (coordinator)
– Carolina Monge Pulmonologist
– Paula Pedro Pulmonologist
– Helena Grumete Pulmonologist
Cardiopneumology/sleep technologist staff
– Maria Ceu Vinha (coordinator)
– Rafaela Canhoto
– Sofia Marmeleira
– Matilde Silva
Activity: On behalf of the 2025 World Sleep Day commemoration, the Multidisciplinary Sleep
Medicine Unit of the Garcia de Orta Hospital/ ULS Almada -Seixal developed different
activities:
– An exhibition of posters in the main atrium of the hospital, with informative messages about good sleep habits, sleep diseases and sleep studies.
– Short videos with the poster’s main messages and a demonstration of how to hook up
polysomnography device.
– Brief individual informative session performed by our technologist staff on the topics approached.
– Information leaflets available with messages about good sleep habits as also with the 2025 theme: Make Sleep Health a Priority.
These activities were developed for patients, hospital health professionals and other hospital employees.
These 2025 World Sleep Day activities were developed with the Gasoxmed partnership. (Gasoxmed is a home healthcare service provider).
Location: Almada
Date of Activity: 14 March 2025
Submitted by: Helena Grumete
