Friday sees new public sector strike
With a general strike looming in less than three weeks time, public sector workers will be getting into the ‘mood’ tomorrow with a one-day strike destined to ‘most affect’ the
Yet another ambulance birth as health minister stays silent
Another baby was born in an ambulance yesterday – again ‘racing’ to reach a functional maternity unit in time (or rather, not). This time it was the firefighters of Caxarias
Baby born at Loulé service station as Storm Claudia batters region
Yesterday’s horrific weather battering forced a couple trying to get to hospital for the birth of their baby to ‘hole up’ at a motorway service station near Loulé at which
No price hikes for medicines under €30 in 2026, Infarmed says
For the first time, Portugal is implementing a price ceiling on medicines considered “essential and critical” next year, national medicines authority Infarmed announced this Friday. The measure covers all drugs
The part that stays
“To live in hearts we leave behind, is not to die.” Thomas Campbell We live as though we’ll last forever, as though continuity and control belong to us. And then
Presidential front-runner insists health minister ‘talk to country’ about litany of ‘out-of-hospital births’
The constant reporting of mothers forced to give birth either waiting for an ambulance to take them to hospital, in an ambulance trying to find a hospital, ‘on the pavement’,
Six in 10 Portuguese missing teeth – survey
Six in every 10 Portuguese people do not have a full set of teeth, according to the 2025 Oral Health Barometer released last week by the Portuguese Dentists’ Association (Ordem
Baby born in ambulance on Algarve motorway after mother turned away from hospital
A baby girl was born on the side of the A22 motorway on Friday night (October 31) after her mother went into labour while being taken by ambulance to Portimão
Rumours of Health Minister’s resignation dismissed as “media speculation”
Portugal’s Minister for the Presidency, António Leitão Amaro, has brushed off reports that Health Minister Ana Paula Martins is preparing to leave the government, calling them “speculations that begin and
Hospital Particular do Algarve Group
Text by HPA Health Group (Grupo HPA Saúde) Hospital Particular do Algarve’s brand and image associated with hospital care, first became known in 1996 with the opening the Alvor Hospital.