Portugal’s pre-hospital ‘emergency response’ in crisis
INEM needs another 500 ‘paramedics’ as ‘horror stories’ come thick and fast Last weekend saw media outrage over the case of an elderly retired teacher left collapsed in a Lisbon
Hospitals “without protection against heat waves”
Report shows mortality 60% higher in hospitals without air con Twenty years since a ‘recommendation’ that all Portugal’s hospitals should install air conditioning there are still those that do not
Heatwave expected to cause more than 1,000 deaths
Last week alone more than 500 excess deaths were registered Excess deaths – the latest topic to fill column inches – are back on the news panorama today, as temperatures
New protest calls for resignation of health minister
Family doctors demonstrate against government plan to recruit non-specialists for health centres A new demonstration in Lisbon yesterday shows how little consensus there is between doctors employed by the State
Portugal ditches Covid restrictions for incoming visitors
From today, no need to present proof of negative tests, of vaccinations or Covid recovery Civil Aviation authority ANAC has announced that as of today anyone flying into Portugal can
“It’s all my fault”, says health minister under fire
“But I will leave the health service better off for whoever takes my place…” Health minister Marta Temido has managed today to apologise for the ongoing failings in Portugal’s State
Portugal has registered over five million cases of SARS-CoV-2
Reporting the news as ‘Covid-19: Portugal reaches five million cases’ – when the truth is hundreds of thousands of these cases will have not developed into the serious illness that
Pro-children movement launches appeal against any further ‘mass vaccinations’ against Covid-19
Movement lobbies Supreme Administrative Tribunal ‘before babies are targeted’ The Movement for Children and Teens in the Pandemic has launched an appeal this week against any further mass-vaccinations against Covid-19.
China suspends direct flights from Portugal after 10 passengers test positive for Covid virus
Flights suspended for period of one month Chinese authorities have today announced a one-month suspension of direct flights between Portugal and China after 10 passengers tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on
Health Service crisis: Commission of accompaniment meets today
Minister and regional health administrations get round table The ‘commission of accompaniment’ created to “respond to the crisis in obstetric and gynecological emergency services” meets this morning with health minister