Five private health centres planned for the Algarve
The new centres will be created in regions with a lower-than-average rate of residents without a family doctor for more than twelve months. As part of the Health Emergency and
Lagoa Rotary Club donates essential equipment to local Health Centre
An electrocardiograph, two pediatric scales, and an electric scalpel were delivered during a ceremony on November 13. On November 13, Lagoaâs Rotary Club donated medical equipment to the local Health
Algarve Biomedical Center to open state-of-the-art MRI Unit in Loulé
New MRI Unit in LoulĂ© is expected to offer “faster and easier access to this advanced diagnostic technology” The Algarve Biomedical Centre (ABC) will inaugurate a cutting-edge MRI Unit in
Half number of patients referred for palliative care in Portugal die before space comes available
Regions like Algarve particularly blighted by lack of palliative care units Almost half (48%) of the patients referred last year to palliative care units contracted with the private or social
Portugalidade â Medieval Medicine
The early Islamic system could truly be seen as a forerunner of the modern Portuguese national health service (SNS).  In year 711 CE, the Umayyad Caliphate directed an invasion
Major media coverage as President, PM visit oncology/ maternity services in Lisbon
Visit comes in (yet another) summer of health discontent Portugal’s president and prime minister are to visit the Oncology service at Lisbon’s Santa Maria Hospital today, as well as its
Hospitals running short of blood – donors federation
Situation causing âgreat difficultiesâ Fepodabes, the Portuguese blood donor federation has warned today that blood reserves must be increased. It refers to hospitals âwith great difficultiesâ postponing minor surgeries. âWe
Portugal is third OECD country with highest family healthcare spending
A study released yesterday warns that the elderly are subject to a greater lack of financial security when it comes to this area of expenses. “Portugal is the third country
More than 7,400 cancer patients operated on in space of month
A total of 7,465 the 9,000 cancer patients identified in the Health Emergency Plan underwent surgery between May 18 and June 21 – 98% of them on the SNS public
VRSA allocates 3 million euros for health centres’ renovation
The intervention will focus on the health centres in Vila Real de Santo AntĂłnio, Vila Nova de Cacela, and Monte Gordo. The financing contracts to requalify three health centres in