Vitra Clinic expands beyond dentistry
Vitra Clinic in Lagoa is not just another dental clinic – now it also offers general medicine and speech therapy. Vitra Clinic in Lagoa has expanded its services, allowing clients
afpop sheds light on prostate health as part of Movember
afpop has joined the global Movember movement Portugal’s largest foreign residents’ association, afpop, will hold a talk on prostate cancer awareness at the HPA Hospital in Alvor next Thursday (November
Refresh your look for a radiant and hydrated skin
Text by Dr Shirin Samimi-Fard (German Specialist Center Carvoeiro) Do you feel that the skin on your face, neck, hands and decolletage has become dry, a bit rough, with an
Lagos denounces lack of primary health care response in municipality
Among users’ main complaints are the lack of family doctors, the insufficient number of appointments available per day and long queues to book an appointment. Lagos’ City Council assigned the Algarve’s Regional
Six million Portuguese missing at least one natural tooth
More than half of the Portuguese population is missing at least one natural tooth Six out of ten people in Portugal are missing at least one natural tooth, and more
Doctors’ union calls for negotiations to continue despite crisis
Doctors want negotiations to continue despite ongoing political crisis The Independent Doctors’ Union (SIM) announced today that it will maintain the strike against overtime work in primary health care services
Nurses call off strike in light of political crisis
Reason for strike “no longer makes sense” SEP, the syndicate of Portuguese nurses, has called off its strike, scheduled for tomorrow, as it considers the reason – to put pressure
All energies must be focused on reforming health service – PM
Article in Público makes no direct reference to state of crisis within SNS Portugal’s prime minister has said today that all energy should be focused on the success of the
No white smoke: doctors and government still at loggerheads
Portuguese State health service deeply compromised With yet another weekend where hospitals up and down the country are struggling to maintain emergency services (roughly 38 reportedly already being ‘closed’), the
Nurses begin overtime strike till end of year
Democratic Union of Nurses’ strike compounds overtime ban waged by nation’s doctors Nurses began an overtime strike today, called by the Democratic Union of Nurses of Portugal (SINDEPOR), to demand