Galp takes fall for 284 excess deaths in June heatwave
Deaths were in main in people over age of 85 Portugal’s energy giant GALP has been made to take the fall today for the 284 excess deaths during the stultifying
Still here
As I write this, I’m personally sitting with the weight of an anniversary – another year since the loss of someone I loved deeply. These days have their own gravity.
Premature baby dies after being born in ambulance near Leiria
Case comes at a time when concerns over the quality of maternity care in Portugal are growing A premature baby born inside an ambulance on the way to Leiria Hospital
Praia da Luz opens summer nurse station to handle holiday health woes
Nurse station in Praia da Luz is open every day from 10am to 6pm Help will be nearby this summer in Praia da Luz, Lagos as the local nurse station
Second emergency medical helicopter scrambled to boost country’s parlous nighttime cover
President Marcelo says he hopes to hear government’s plans for health service fixing A second INEM helicopter has been scrambled to boost the country’s parlous nighttime cover when it comes
Health on life support
Summer has never been ‘a good time’ for Portugal’s SNS state health service: it is traditionally the moment when doctors, surgeons, specialists go on holidays and when millions of visitors
Young woman inadvertently skips all hurdles facing Portugal’s expectant mothers
Goes into hospital complaining of back pain, comes out with a baby… A 33-year-old woman from Valpaços managed to skip all the hurdles facing Portugal’s expectant mothers this week by
Algarve nurses warn lack of staff affecting quality of care
Shortage of nurses continues to worsen in the Algarve Nurses working in the Algarve‘s public health system say they are overwhelmed by a lack of staff, putting both their well-being
Excessive heat “killed 227 in four days”
40º heat proved fatal for health compromised seniors In what are becoming increasingly sensationalist headlines over summer temperatures, Correio da Manhã today announces that the excessive heat experienced in Portugal
New Family Health Unit in Lagos assigns family doctors to 7,000 residents
New family health units continue to open across the Algarve Thousands of people in Lagos now have a family doctor thanks to the opening of the new Lacóbriga Family Health