Azeitão Monthly Market promotes health with screenings and defibrillator donations

The initiative included free health checks and enhanced community cardiac safety with the donation of two new AEDs.

Generic image of medical equipment displaying a heart rhythm, with a blurred community market in the background.
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Generic image of medical equipment displaying a heart rhythm, with a blurred community market in the background.

The Azeitão Monthly Market hosted a health and well-being initiative on November 1st, offering free screenings and enhancing safety with the donation of two new Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs).

The initiative, held at the Azeitão Monthly Market on November 1st, provided the community with free blood glucose, cardiovascular risk, visual, and hearing acuity screenings. The event aimed to promote residents' health and well-being.
The occasion was also marked by the handover of two new Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). One device was donated to the Setúbal Volunteer Firefighters, while the other was installed at the Monthly Market itself, boosting emergency cardiac response capabilities in the area.
The Azeitão Parish Council expressed gratitude for the partnership and collaboration of Sofarida and Arrábida Pharmacies, Óptica Visage, and Audika, which made this community health initiative possible.
The local authority reaffirmed its commitment to "working towards a safer, more prepared, and healthier parish," emphasizing the goal of "Azeitão with health!".
Based on information from the official source: Junta de Freguesia de Azeitão (04/11/2026)