Maternidade Dr. Daniel de Matos

Maternidade Dr. Daniel de Matos is a public maternity hospital based in Coimbra, Portugal. It is named after Dr. Daniel de Matos, a Portuguese physician associated with maternal and obstetric care in the Coimbra region. The institution operates as a specialized maternity unit within the Portuguese National Health Service (Serviço Nacional de Saúde, SNS) and is integrated into the Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), the university hospital centre that groups several hospitals and clinical services in Coimbra. As a maternity hospital, its core activity is obstetric and neonatal care: prenatal consultations, delivery and childbirth services, postpartum care, neonatal intensive care, and related women's health services. It serves the population of Coimbra and the wider Centro region of Portugal, and it also functions as a teaching and training hospital linked to the University of Coimbra's medical school through the CHUC structure. The brand identity of Maternidade Dr. Daniel de Matos is tied to its public-service mission and its historical role as a dedicated maternity institution in Coimbra. Its official web presence is hosted under the CHUC domain (chuc.min-saude.pt), reflecting its integration into the larger hospital centre. The hospital is state-owned and publicly funded, not a private commercial enterprise, and it does not trade on a stock exchange. Because the available evidence is limited to a Wikidata entry, precise founding dates, bed counts, annual birth numbers, and a full list of clinical directors are not documented here. The dossier therefore focuses on the institution's identity, ownership, location, and service profile, and flags the entry for further review where specific historical details are missing.

The history of Maternidade Dr. Daniel de Matos is closely tied to the development of public maternity care in Coimbra, Portugal. The institution is named after Dr. Daniel de Matos, a Portuguese physician whose name is associated with obstetric and maternal health services in the region. Dedicated maternity hospitals became a feature of Portuguese public health policy during the twentieth century, as childbirth gradually moved from home settings into specialized clinical institutions. Over time, the maternity hospital was integrated into broader hospital reorganization in Coimbra. The creation of the Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC) brought several previously separate hospital units under a single management structure, combining clinical services, teaching, and research under one university hospital centre. Maternidade Dr. Daniel de Matos forms part of this structure, and its official web presence is hosted on the CHUC domain. As a public institution, the maternity hospital operates within the Portuguese National Health Service and serves the population of Coimbra and the surrounding Centro region. It provides obstetric, neonatal, and women's health services, and it contributes to the training of medical professionals through its link to the university hospital centre. Specific dates for the hospital's founding, major renovations, or service expansions are not available in the supplied evidence. The Wikidata entry confirms the institution's existence and name but does not provide a detailed historical timeline. Further archival or official sources would be needed to document its full history.

Public maternity hospital within Portugal's National Health Service, integrated into the Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra.

• Obstetric care

• Prenatal consultations

• Delivery and childbirth services

• Postpartum care

• Neonatal intensive care

• Women's health services

1. 1Maternidade Dr. Daniel de Matos - Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbrachuc.min-saude.pt