Burn off those Christmas calories in Silves
Silves Council is organising a five-day initiative entitled ‘Fat Burning Week’, which is designed to get people exercising after the holiday season. “If you would like to burn off the
Portimão hospital without pediatricians
Portimão hospital is already operating with its maternity unit closed until 9am next Monday, but now media reports warn that the pediatric unit is also operating ”without pediatricians”. “Specialised treatment”
New criteria for M(onkey)pox
With the world embracing the World Health Organisation’s entreaties to take the stigma out of monkeypox by calling it Mpox, Portugal’s DGS health authority has “widened criteria for vaccination”, adding
Patients urged to avoid A&E; health centres open at weekend
221 health centres are to open on New Year’s Eve and 180 on New Year’s Day Health authorities in Portugal are urging patients to avoid heading for hospitals’ accident and
Seasonal flu up, Covid infections down, mortality rate above expected – report
Seasonal influenza in Portugal has increased, while cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection decreased between December 12 and 18, when the overall mortality rate was again above the expected, according to the
“Telemedicine” has turned into “Russian salad”, says pioneer
… as Portugal’s excess death rate remains ‘extremely elevated’ Today’s ‘health service furore’ is the way the concept of telemedicine appears to have been ‘hijacked’ to boost SNS health service
New cancer screening pilot projects scheduled for 2023
Health minister promises lung, prostate and stomach cancer programmes Health Minister Manuel Pizarro has announced the expansion of Portugal’s cancer screening programme to include lung, prostate and stomach testing, which
HPA Health Group invests in pioneering water technology robot to treat urinary systems in men
The new pioneering technology is “quick, predictable and accurate”, allowing patients to be discharged after 24 hours. HPA Health Group has just announced a new treatment for Benign Prostate Hyperplasia
October sees ‘record increase in requests by parents for allowances to care for sick children”
Flu and respiratory viruses on increase Just as is happening in the United Kingdom, children are getting ‘seriously ill’ with flu viruses and other illnesses this winter – very possibly
“Serious failings” in central cardiology department
This is a soundbite today, while the country enjoys the first Bank Holiday of December: the cardiology department of the Centro Medio Tejo has “serious failings”, particularly in the sense