More foreign doctors than ever in Portugal
A total of 4,503 foreign doctors were working in Portugal at end of 2022 The number of foreign doctors working in Portugal has reached an all-time high. According to data
Lisbon hospital director warns of “serious risks of collapse of State health service this summer”
A&E closures have resulted in ‘system overload’ in departments remaining open The head of São José’s integrated trauma centre in Lisbon, Dr João Varandas Fernandes, has warned today that the
New hiatus at S.Francisco Xavier A&E
Heads of service present bloc resignations After presenting excuses of responsibility last summer, team leaders at Lisbon’s São Francisco Xavier hospital are once again threatening to walk out. Their resignation
Health centre desperate for doctor forced to wait seven months
“Wealth of problems and difficulties” described as “shameful” A parish council president has highlighted “shameful” delays created within the country’s health system that make even placing doctors in areas where
Fake doctors prohibited from contacting former patients
The two women detained last week for posing as doctors in Olhão and promising to cure cancer patients will await trial in freedom. They are prohibited from contacting their former
SNS health service doctors begin two day strike
Doctors federation outraged by ministry’s ‘backward step’ Portugal’s SNS health service doctors have started their two day strike. Even though syndicates and the government are still in negotiations, the situation
Hospital Amadora Sintra suspends whistleblowing doctors
Hospital Amadora Sintra is reported to have suspended the two doctors who accused their colleagues of bad medical practices. According to Público today, the former director of service of general
Fake doctors who “promised cure to cancer” arrested in Algarve
Women convinced cancer patients to stop their chemotherapy treatments Two women have been arrested in the Algarve where they posed as doctors and promised to cure cancer patients, having even
“Baby without a face”: doctor permanently struck off
Artur Carvalho had string of complaints against him dating back years Artur Carvalho, the obstetrician who ‘hit the headlines’ in 2019 after a baby was born ‘without a face’ in
Hospital team leaders resign over conditions
Loures Beatriz Ângelo hospital “living worst moments of its history” Team leaders of the General Emergency Service of the Beatriz Ângelo Hospital, in Loures, have presented their resignations today due