Emergency departments in six hospitals ‘closed’ due to doctors’ overtime ban
Doctors throughout country are refusing to work beyond annual 150-hours limit Emergency services in six hospitals are closed today due to the nationwide doctors’ ban on working extra overtime. The
Health crisis: Order of Physicians calls for urgent meeting with health minister
Warns “by next week there will be patients without healthcare” The Portuguese Order of Physicians (Ordem dos Médicos) has called today for an urgent meeting with health minister Manuel Pizarro
Hospital A+E departments may close due to overtime dispute
Portugal’s minister of health on Friday admitted that there is a risk that some hospital accident and emergency departments will close due to doctors’ refusal to work overtime, but assured
Castro Marim hosts free skin disease screenings
Screenings will take place in all four parishes Castro Marim Council is organising a series of free screenings for cancer and other skin diseases between October 11 and 13, covering all four
Portuguese company hopes to licence drug that prevents Parkinson’s progression
A company based in Covilhã is in the process of finalising pre-clinical tests on an enzyme responsible for producing oxidative stress that can be shaped to levels that prevent the
10 people die from Covid-19 per day in Portugal
Number of new daily cases (200-300) is believed to be a huge understimate Portugal has an average of 10 deaths from Covid-19 every day and between 200 and 300 new
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Excess deaths: August registers 8.8% year-on-year – official
Issue of excess deaths ‘dogging Europe since 2020’ Portugal recorded an 8.8% increase in the number of deaths in August compared to the previous month and a 2.1% increase compared
Nurses critical of millions of euros going to pharmacies for autumn vaccinations
‘Money would be better spent investing in health service’ Vaccination against Covid-19 and flu in pharmacies will cost the Portuguese health service around €11.5 million, the Portuguese Nurses’ Union estimated
HPA Group to host third Faro Knee Meeting
Scientific event will take place in Vilamoura The Dom Pedro Hotel in Vilamoura is preparing to host on Friday (September 22) the third edition of the Faro Knee Meeting, a