PM admitted to hospital; referred to cardiology
PM expected to be discharged very soon (see update below) Portugal’s caretaker prime minister Luís Montenegro – embarking on a new election campaign – was hospitalised this afternoon after suffering
Government seeks to privatise 174 health centres
PCP accuses executive of “being at service of those who make money out of illness” Even in its ‘dying days’, Portugal’s minority centre-right government has been busy transforming ‘health management’
CUF acquires 75% of HPA Saúde
The amount of the acquisition has not been divulged The Portuguese private healthcare provider CUF, which has a string of hospitals up and down the country, announced last Friday that
Government prepares public-private partnerships in five hospitals
Public-private partnerships are (successful) models of past administrations The government is preparing to convert five hospitals into public-private partnerships (PPPs). The resolution will be approved today by the Council of
Board of Amadora/Sintra hospital tenders resignations
Members of the Board of Directors of the Amadora/Sintra Local Health Unit have today submitted their resignations to the Minister of Health and the executive director of the SNS national
Former hospital administrators accused of money laundering
Case centres on “ruse” allegedly devised between Porto cancer hospital and Algarve Former administrators of Porto IPO (cancer hospital) and Hospital do Algarve, Laranja Pontes and Pedro Nunes, are to
Mortality higher than it was during two years of pandemic
Surge of respiratory infections sees various hospitals activate contingency plans The first two weeks of 2025 saw more deaths than during the same period in 2022 and 2023, “years marked
Non-urgent surgeries postponed at Algarve hospitals
Surgeries were postponed in Algarve to avoid overcrowding and free up beds during period of heightened pressure on A&E services Around 20 non-urgent surgeries have been postponed this week at
Top Lisbon hospital “without conditions” to train medical interns
Amadora-Sintra being forced to let go of interns One of Lisbon’s busiest hospitals is being forced to ‘let go’ of its medical interns because it is not deemed to have
Inquiry launched into death of two-year-old ‘sent home after visiting A&E’
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into the death of Teo Nascimento, a two-year-old who died at home a day and a half after visiting the emergency department