Luso-Venezuelan doctors petition to have qualifications recognised in Portugal
Portuguese doctors trained in Venezuela are fed up with the difficulties they face getting their qualifications recognised by the Portuguese State. Around 100 doctors have been pushing to practice in
Algarve’s hospitals and health centres welcome 136 training doctors
The Algarve’s public health services will be receiving some much-needed help this year following the announcement that 136 medical interns – 90 GPs and 46 specialists – have chosen the
Doctors must stop handing out anti-depressants, says study
Doctors must stop prescribing antidepressants to patients they could spend more time talking to, says a study highlighting the fact that yet again this year the tally for prescriptions for
Doctors at Évora Hospital resign en-masse after audit claims they have been overpaid
Doctors heading various departments at Évora Hospital have presented their resignation ‘en masse’ today after an audit ruled they have been overpaid and must stump up thousands of euros. 23
Psychiatric patient hits doctor over head, “possibly due to long wait” in A&E
A 41-year-old psychiatric patient was arrested on Saturday after losing her temper with a woman doctor at Portimão Hospital and hitting her over the head. Say reports, it’s unclear what
Doctors and nurses on strike from next Tuesday
Nurses union Sindepor has announced a strike from next Tuesday, coincidentally the same day doctors have signalled a two-day walk out. Sindepor’s announcement followed a meeting with health minister Marta
Doctors threaten to go on strike in June
Medical syndicates have threatened to go on strike during the last week of June. Doctors blame their decision on the government’s ‘lack of response’ to demands over pay and conditions
Over 6700 surgeries cancelled as doctors stage two-day ‘strike’
After taking out a full-page ad to explain their beef with “a lying government” (click here), the country’s doctors syndicates walked-out at midnight last night in a ‘work-to-rule’ that will
São Brás guarantees “family doctors for all”
The hiring of a new doctor for São Brás de Alportel’s health centre has ensured that everyone who lives in the small central Algarvean town and is enrolled in Portugal’s
Doctor on hunger strike over “web of intrigue blocking justice”
Santarém doctor Rui Teixeira has been on hunger strike for more than a week, protesting over what he calls the “web of intrigue blocking justice” in a case that sees