Number of people without family doctors rises 29% in one year
The number of patients in Portugal without a family doctor has increased by 29% in a year, now amounting to almost 1.7 million, due to retirements and the lack of
Doctor arrested following rape allegations
PJ police have arrested a 60-year-old doctor, working in State health care units in the north, following allegations of serial sexual abuse, including rape, since 2022. As investigations continue, the
Faro’s ‘whistleblowing doctor’ goes back to work
Surgeons at Faro Hospital have refused to mentor Diana Pereira; not so those in Portimão The 27-year-old whistleblowing surgical intern whose complaints of surgical blunders at Faro Hospital opened a
Dozens demonstrate in Faro in support of whistleblowing doctor Diana Pereira
As Professor Emeritus takes to print to say “citizens have no idea of risks they run when treated at Faro’s surgical service” Dozens of people came together outside Faro Hospital
Hospitals hire 1,564 new specialists earlier than expected
Hospitals in Portugal have been authorised to hire 1,564 newly-trained specialists to ensure the normal functioning of emergency services, accelerating the recruitment process by about three months. In a statement
Whistleblowing doctor faces panel investigating alleged botched surgeries at Faro Hospital
Diana Pereira says she hopes team “listen well” to what she has to say The young surgical intern whose allegations of botched surgeries sparked a new crisis at Faro Hospital
Sister of whistleblower doctor opens crowdfunding campaign
The sister of surgical intern Diana Carvalho Pereira has opened a crowdfunding campaign to help with her sibling’s judicial costs since lodging official complaints alleging medical negligence at Faro Hospital.
SEF arrests ‘false doctors attending fictitious conference’
… and ‘faciliator’ believed to be aiding illegal immigration SEF inspectors at Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado airport have today arrested a man believed to have been involved in aiding illegal immigration
Algarve hospital intern accuses former mentor and director of surgery of negligence
Denounces 11 situations, in which she claims three patients died, others suffered lesions including “accidental castration” A first year intern at CHUA (the University hospital centre of the Algarve) has
Minister “expects to hire 200 newly-trained doctors” by May “at latest”
Around 7,000 doctors needed, according to PCP Health minister Manuel Pizarro has said that around 200 doctors will be hired in a new recruitment drive which he hopes to open