Portugal must cut down on ambulance births, minister says
Around 50 babies were born in ambulances in 2024 Portugal’s health minister has admitted the need to cut down on the number of babies born in ambulances on the way
Warning signs and symptoms of a weak immune system
The immune system plays a key role in protecting our bodies from infections and diseases. When it is weakened, the body’s ability to fight pathogens decreases, making us more susceptible to
Algarve Oncology Centre rejected due to increased volume of project
New legislation requires the creation of ‘bunkers’ in nuclear medicine units for equipment emitting radioactive materials. Loulé’s City Council rejected the Algarve Oncology Centre’s construction project last Tuesday because, as
Aljezur hires new family doctor for Rogil and Odeceixe
Four doctors currently provide care for over 6,700 patients in the municipality; approximately 1000 are still without a family doctor. The municipality of Aljezur announced that, as of today, its Personalized Health Care Unit (UCSP) has a new General and Family Medicine doctor to reinforce health care
Alcoutim and Monchique struggle to retain doctors despite incentives
The lack of doctors in primary health care outside large urban centres has forced municipal measures to encourage the retention of health professionals. Municipalities are having to offer salary supplements,
Latest ‘health scandal’ lifts lid on ‘recurrent’ moonlighting within system
Three out of four regional heads of INEM ‘accumulate functions’, like Gandra d’Almeida The truly dismal ‘scandal’ involving the former CEO of the nation’s health service executive, moonlighting for years
Portugal health service shake-up
New government struggles to pull floundering SNS health service into shape Portugal’s state health service (SNS) is having yet another ‘impossibly challenging’ winter: enormous demands on A&E departments, insufficient healthcare
Rolling mammogram programme extended to take in women who turn 45 in 2025
Women who turn 45 in 2025 will be invited throughout the year to undergo mammograms, depending on the region where they live and the route of the Portuguese League Against
Bitter pill for Portuguese emigrés and foreigners “who haven’t consulted doctor in five years”
Price of being well is to lose ‘family doctor’ In a new rule that may well come up against a lot of friction, the government has decided to ‘reorganise access
HPA Gambelas hospital receives JCI accreditation
“Significant milestone” in unit’s expansion process The HPA Gambelas private hospital in Faro has been accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI) for the third consecutive time. Described as “one