Hospital team leaders resign over conditions
Loures Beatriz Ângelo hospital “living worst moments of its history” Team leaders of the General Emergency Service of the Beatriz Ângelo Hospital, in Loures, have presented their resignations today due
More help needed for Madrugada palliative care services
The Madrugada palliative care association, founded in 2009, continues to give invaluable support at home to an increasing number of people suffering life-limiting illnesses. But it requires more volunteers and
The importance of stretching your muscles
If there is something you can do for yourself that is simple and very beneficial for your well-being, it is stretching. Gentle, controlled elongating of your muscles is what we
Algarve public health issues to be discussed in Parliament
The Independent Union of Doctors (SIM) is due to be heard in Parliament today about the public health issues affecting the Algarve, namely the obstetrics and paediatrics specialties at the
Albufeira is municipality with most public access defibrillators
Albufeira is the municipality in Portugal with the most automated external defibrillators (AEDs), with 11 AEDs available per 10,000 inhabitants compared to a national average of four AEDs per 10,000.
Health warning as mainland affected by dust from Sahara
Portugal’s DGS health authority has recommended that children, elderly, people with chronic respiratory problems and cardiovascular patients stay indoors whenever possible today and tomorrow due to concentrations of dust in
People’s health movement arrives in Portugal
People’s Health Alliance has mushroomed from a start in UK to become a global initiative sparking interest across 31 countries As State health services throughout the developed world appear to
Pharmacies want new powers, to help with health service overload
Pharmacies want to be able to perform tests to screen for infections, and act as a form of 1st stop triage before people go to hospitals. This way, the sector’s
World Health Organisation to open centre of excellence in Porto
The World Health Organization (WHO) is to set up a centre of excellence for new technologies and entrepreneurship in health in Porto, Portugal’s minister of health announced in today, stressing
New cases of cancer in Portugal correspond to ⅔ of annual births
Cancers are main cause of premature death in Portugal World Cancer Day has seen Portugal’s deputy director general of Health stress that the roughly 60,000 new cases of cancer discovered