Doctor suspected of death certificate scam prohibited from exercising profession
The Venezuelan doctor arrested in the Algarve this week suspected of passing death certificates for money has been prohibited from exercising his profession while investigations continue. Police are trying to
Medical interns work around 240 hours unpaid overtime a year
Medical interns (junior doctors) work around 240 hours of unpaid overtime a year, which corresponds to a month and a half of unpaid work. A third of them work 24-hour
Alentejo hospital wants to offer doctors and nurses accessible housing
The Hospital do Litoral Alentejano is working on a proposal for doctors and nurses to be offered accessible housing: rental contracts, for periods of up to five years. The objective
Doctor arrested following PJ police searches in Algarve
Operation Anubis centres on suspicions of corruption in funeral practices Police today arrested a doctor suspected of receiving financial compensation for issuing death certificates without first proving cause of death,
Doctors dismiss government’s ‘full dedication regime’
Portugal’s national health doctors are prepared to relax their strikes and work-to-rules until after the elections on March 10, but warn that the government’s so called ‘full dedication regime’ is
Hundreds of doctors sign open letter criticising political ‘intervention’
At issue is government’s proposal to revise professional statutes Around 400 doctors have signed an open letter criticising the government’s proposal to revise the statutes of the Order of Physicians
Doctors practising “disaster medicine” as patient numbers skyrocket
Not enough doctors for number of patients Portugal’s doctors are practising “disaster medicine” in several health units where the volume of patients is excessive in the last week of the
One in four young doctors in Portugal “already suffering burnout”
55% at risk of developing burnout One in four young doctors in Portugal has serious symptoms of burnout, while 55.3% are at risk of developing the syndrome, reveals a study
Order of Physicians opens ‘disciplinary process’ into ex-secretary of State/ doctors involved in favoritism controversy
The favoritism controversy swirling around President Marcelo – centring on the €4 billion treatment of seriously ill Brazlian twin babies – has resulted today in the Order of Physicians announcing
Doctors’ pay negotiations: syndicates split
SIM reaches interim deal with government; FNAM doesn’t Yesterday’s ‘last ditch’ at negotiations between the government and striking doctors’ unions saw a potentially positive development: one syndicate (SIM, the syndicate