Only go to A&E when “seriously ill,” minister urges
SNS making “big effort” to provide best care at A&E departments Portugal’s minister of health on Wednesday called on citizens to only go to A&E departments when they are “seriously
Portugal among countries where fewer people die at home
Portugal’s data described as “reflection of a very hospital-centred system” Portugal is one of the countries where fewer people die at home, according to a study by Portuguese researchers that
Worrying spike in mortality over Christmas
According to data from the Death Certificates Information System (SICO), mortality in Portugal has peaked since last weekend, while Christmas Day this year, with 442 deaths, was the day when
Mask-up over New Year to avoid the flu
The Portuguese ‘Ordem dos Médicos’ is advising the use of masks in various situations, including public transport and health units, as a measure to minimise the impact of respiratory infections.
Maximum response time exceeded for 1 in 3 psychiatric consultations
More than one in three psychiatric hospital consultations in Portugal in the first half of this year exceeded the maximum guaranteed response times, according to data from the country’s Health
Hospital drama continues: patients stacked up on stretchers in corridors
Casualty departments ‘stuffed’; services closed in almost all parts of country Another long weekend of ‘chaos in the State’s SNS health service’ has played out, with television stations featuring the
Health minister considers political pressure over a clinical decision “unacceptable”
Quizzed today on the ‘favoritism controversy’ embroiling the country’s president, health minister Manuel Pizarro has said it is “unacceptable” that a clinical decision could be overridden by political pressure. Mr
70 patients waiting for hospital bed in Lisbon’s São José hospital
The parlous state of the country’s State health service is not expected to improve through December as hundreds of doctors maintain their strike over more than the statutory hours of
afpop Movember Men’s Health seminar
afpop, Portugal’s largest foreign residents’ association, hosted its inaugural Men’s Health seminar as part of its Movember campaign on November 23 at HPA Alvor. Forty people attended the information and
Hundreds of unfilled vacancies for medical internships in Portugal’s State health service “a red card” for government
Ministry of health accused of rank incompetence Portugal’s Order of Physicians (Ordem dos Médicos) has cited the hundreds of unfilled vacancies in medical internships with Portugal’s SNS State health service