PS “commits” to building Algarve’s long-promised Central Hospital in next four years
Portugal’s ruling Socialist Party (PS) has named the construction of the Algarve’s long-promised Central Hospital one of its priorities for the next four years if it wins the upcoming legislative
Still no date for Algarve’s new Central Hospital
The government is “doing everything it can” to move forward with the construction of the Algarve’s Central Hospital but there is still no deadline for the project to be completed.
State hospitals need an additional 500 anaesthetists
State hospitals in Portugal are in need of “at least” an additional 500 anaesthetists. The situation has been dubbed “critical” and particularly pressing in the Algarve and Santarém regions. In
Lavatory floor gives way dropping pensioner three metres into grocer’s shop
A trip to the lavatory ended in a nightmare fall three metres down into a disused grocer’s shop for 74-year-old Júlio Castelhano of Caldas da Rainha. Battered and bruised, the
Plan to ‘fine’ hospitals over waiting lists gets doctors’ thumbs up
Portugal’s doctors association has welcomed the health ministry plan to start ‘fining’ hospitals with excessive waiting lists, calling it “noble and important”. But president José Manuel Silva has said it
Health ministry chooses new Algarve hospital board
The Algarve is going to receive a new hospital board “by the end of February or beginning of March”, with ARS Algarve board member Joaquim Ramalho taking over the spot
Hospital superbug kills eight in Gaia as 13 remain in isolation
Eight people have died after contracting a “superbug” in Vila Nova de Gaia state hospital, while 13 are still battling the infection and remain in isolation. The bacterial scourge came
At least three children still in hospital 12 days after Portimão Street Food shambles
Twelve days after as many as 100 people took themselves to Portimão hospitals over food consumed at the town’s first street food festival, three children are reported to be still
Hospital walkout cancelled following “misunderstanding”
A “misunderstanding” nearly led 17 doctors running the Algarve hospitals’ casualty units to resign on Monday (June 15) over new rules they believed put nurses in the position to make
Hospitals: Lisbon v Portimão
My husband received a letter from the Barlavento Hospital in March this year telling him to be there on Friday the 6th for a long awaited umbilical hernia repair. He