Public health doctors condemn minister’s “disinformation about alcohol”…
A “deeply worried” protest has been registered today by the national association of public health doctors who believe Minister for Agriculture José Manuel Fernandes has been “spreading misinformation about the
Ukrainian doctors ‘barred’ from practising in Portugal
Around 50 doctors “want to work”, but cannot pass specific language tests About 50 Ukrainian doctors, mainly women, who fled the war seeking refuge in Portugal, have been unable to
Head of surgery, 10 surgeons resign from Amadora/Sintra hospital
Mass walk-out centres on reinstatement of ‘whistleblowing doctors’ The director of the General Surgery Service at the Amadora/Sintra Local Health Unit (ULS) has resigned and ten surgeons have given in
Medical specialists join chorus of lamentations over State Budget
The Portuguese Society of Pneumology has labelled the government’s decision not to increase taxes on alcohol and tobacco in the context of the 2025 State Budget as “political irresponsibility” and
Orthopedic surgeon ordered to pay €289,000 for leaving patient wheelchair-bound
An orthopedic surgeon has been ordered to pay €298,000 to the patient who he left ‘wheelchair bound’ after what should have been a fairly simple surgery. “The patient walked into
General surgeons to be called in to perform cesarean sections
General surgeons are to be called in to perform cesarean sections, to make up for the shortage of obstetricians. The news has been reported in today’s edition of Expresso. It
Federation of Doctors digs in heels: two-day strike looms
Federation president balks at prospect of “meaningless negotiations” FNAM, Portugal’s federation of doctors, is digging in its heels, refusing to take part in ‘meaningless negotiations’ with the government, and continuing
Nine surgeons resign after doctors who denounced bad practices are reinstated
Surgeons represent half Amadora-Sintra’s surgical team Nine doctors from the general surgery service at Hospital Doutor Fernando Fonseca (better known as Amadora-Sintra) have resigned, the hospital’s board of directors has
Private and social sector to take charge of providing ‘family doctors’
Numbers without family doctors rose by one million over last five years A new government plan to tackle the increasing problem of Portuguese people without ‘family doctors’ in the SNS
Government to present ‘progress’ in emergency health plan as doctors call strike
Doctors accuse health minister of increasing ‘chaos in public health service’ Portugal’s Ministry of Health will be presenting the balance of its Health Emergency and Transformation Plan today, against the