Covid infections ‘spiral in Portugal’
Every country in the developed world is focusing on a spike in Covid infections just as new vaccines promising a “strong response” are being rolled out. In Portugal, the situation
Study recommends extending HPV vaccine to adolescent boys
A study by Porto’s FMUP (university medicine faculty) has concluded that vaccination against the Human Papilloma virus (that can cause vaginal/ uterine cancers) should be extended to adolescent boys and
International Psychologists Day: no time for celebrating in Portugal
Marking ‘the national day of the psychologist’ last week, SIC television news interviewed one of these professionals, working out of Hospital de São João in Porto to hear that people
Paramedics/ firefighters warn Portugal’s emergency medical services are failing
“It’s not just right to health at stake; it’s right to life…” The associations of emergency medical technicians, firefighters and agents of civil protection have today reiterated their concerns over
One in three over-65s refuse seasonal flu shots
As the autumn vaccination campaign for the elderly (this year widened to include anyone over the age of 60) is being prepared, Portugal’s public health institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge has
More than 1,000 doctors write to Health Minister refusing to work extra overtime
Doctors stuck in ‘negotiations impasse’ over pay and conditions More than a thousand doctors signed a letter sent today to the minister of health warning of their unwillingness to work
Government challenged over ‘reform blueprint’ for health sector
CHEGA accuses executive of secretism; Doctors’ official body speaks of “greyness” Quite apart from the government’s “great reform of the health service” coinciding with yet another investigation into inexplicable tragedy,
Free flu vaccines to be offered to all Portugal’s over-60s
Registered health service users can receive flu and Covid vaccines ‘simultaneously’ Flu vaccination in Portugal will be free for people aged 60 and over and for priority groups from 2023/24,
State approves bill “recognising medical training abroad” in order to hire foreign doctors
The Portuguese government has today approved a decree-law providing for an exceptional and temporary regime recognising foreign academic degrees in medicine for the purpose of hiring doctors for the National
20% increase in number of births in private hospitals
To all those who claim the running down of State healthcare is part of a plan to privatise services, news that there has been a 20% increase in the number