X-ray unit donated to Faro Hospital after Algarve residents raise over €400,000 for coronavirus fight
A portable X-ray unit was delivered to Faro Hospital on Tuesday morning (April 7) by the Algarve Biomedical Centre (ABC), thanks to a fundraising initiative created by the ‘Helping Algarve’
Protest outside Faro Hospital to demand construction of Central Hospital
A demonstration will be held outside Faro Hospital on Saturday, February 15 at 11am to “demand the construction of the Algarve’s Central Hospital”. The protest is being organised by the
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
“Manifestly deficient” conditions in Faro A&E prompt surgeon boycott
As of last Sunday, surgeons attached to Faro state hospital’s A&E department have applied a moratorium on ‘supplementary work’ (overtime) citing “manifestly deficient” work conditions within the health unit. While
Algarve hospitals get boost in September with ‘foreign and private doctors’
The Portuguese government may need to hire foreign doctors and doctors working in the private sector to help the Algarve deal with its chronic shortage of health professionals. So said
Inquiry into death of newborn after mother is transferred to Lisbon due to lack of incubators in Faro
A government inquiry has been launched into the death of a newborn baby whose mother had to be transferred to the Amadora-Sintra Hospital near Lisbon due to a lack of
Aquashow employee accused of stabbing young man in love triangle
An Aquashow employee is accused of stabbing a young man on Sunday afternoon (August 28) following a feud over the victim’s girlfriend. The argument started inside the Quarteira water park
State hospitals need an additional 500 anaesthetists
State hospitals in Portugal are in need of “at least” an additional 500 anaesthetists. The situation has been dubbed “critical” and particularly pressing in the Algarve and Santarém regions. In
Health ministry chooses new Algarve hospital board
The Algarve is going to receive a new hospital board “by the end of February or beginning of March”, with ARS Algarve board member Joaquim Ramalho taking over the spot
Outrage as surgery for Faro pensioner with “aggressive” tumour cancelled at last minute
Lack of anaesthetists available in the Algarve has been behind the latest “disgrace” highlighted by national media, involving a 70-year-old pensioner told to go home when he was already on