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A data-center outage disrupted Portugal’s National Health Service, affecting electronic prescriptions, the National User Registry, and electronic health-record access.
· ComputeLabs Research · from the October 23, 2026 edition
Data Center Dynamics reports that a data-center outage disrupted Portugal’s National Health Service. Its headline specifically highlights the loss of prescription services.
The affected systems included the National User Registry, Electronic Medical Prescription, identified in the source as PEM, and access to the Electronic Health Record. These are distinct named services affected by the reported infrastructure outage.
The supplied excerpt does not identify the data-center operator, technical cause, outage duration, or number of affected facilities and patients. It also does not report data loss, a cyberattack, or a completed restoration.
Sources
- National Health Service
- National User Registry

