Faro Hospital holds Christmas charity drive
For the sixth year running, Faro Hospital is holding a charity drive to provide a “happier Christmas” for the neediest children in its care. “Clothes, toys, hygiene products and books”
Runaway mother charged over “baby grab” as grandmother says “give the children to me”
The drug-dependent mum who hit the headlines last week after going on the run with her newborn baby has been charged by police for having put him at risk. But
Runaway mother returns newborn-at-risk to Faro Hospital
After an abortive six-day hunt for the runaway drug-dependent mother who snatched her baby from Faro’s Neonatal intensive care unit two hours after he was born, the 28-year-old woman returned
Faro hospital among nation’s best for clinical excellence
New rankings for the country’s hospitals have put Faro in seventh place, “up with the big boys” for the first time ever. Three years ago, the hospital did not figure
Hospital walkout cancelled following “misunderstanding”
A “misunderstanding” nearly led 17 doctors running the Algarve hospitals’ casualty units to resign on Monday (June 15) over new rules they believed put nurses in the position to make
Hospital boss announces €5 million investment in Faro Hospital
Algarve hospital boss Pedro Nunes has announced plans to invest €5 million in the renovation of operating rooms at Faro Hospital and the expansion of its cardiac intensive care unit.
Government questioned over lack of meds at Algarve hospitals
The Left Bloc (BE) has questioned the Ministry of Health over recent delays in the stock of much-needed medication at Algarve hospitals. As the Resident reported last week (see https://www.portugalresident.com/algarve-hospitals-under-fire-for-lack-of-cancer-meds),
Doctors shun Algarve hospitals
Health || Of the 210 new jobs opened up last summer amid much media publicity, only 28 have so far been filled. It’s a systemic problem and one that no-one
Parents of child who died while undergoing cancer treatment accuse Faro hospital of negligence
The parents of a six-year-old boy with a brain tumour who died after being transferred from Faro Hospital’s intensive care unit to Lisbon’s IPO oncology hospital are accusing the Algarve
Faro heart unit in the limelight
After a “winter of discontent” within the Algarve health service, Faro Hospital has emerged smelling of roses. Tourism bosses have voted unanimously on a motion congratulating the hospital on its