Lagos hospital closure fears
The Regional Health Administration (ARS) of the Algarve has guaranteed that Lagos Hospital will keep all its wards open. The pledge comes after unions publicly voiced concerns about the eventual
Card of life
Card of life AFPOP has established an agreement with the S. Gonçalo de Lagos Private Hospital. Under this agreement, AFPOP members will be able to join its ‘Cartão Vida’ (Card
‘Human error’ to blame for hospital deaths
A Ministry of Health enquiry has blamed the recent deaths of two patients at Lagos General Hospital on the anaesthetist and the hospital’s clinical director. Albertina Estevão, 44, and Rui
Calls to reopen hospital
Angry unions and local authorities have demanded that Lagos Hospital’s operating theatres reopen. And the co-ordinator of the União dos Sindicatos do Algarve (USAL – the Algarve Trade Unions’ Union),
Generic anaesthetics under scrutiny
The President of the Southern Regional Council of the Order of Doctors, Pedro Nunes, has promised a full investigation into the nature of generic anaesthetics used on patients. The statement
Lagos Hospital enquiry launched – Two die after anaesthetics
Controversy is raging following the untimely death of two patients who were being treated in Lagos District Hospital. Both patients died before routine operations – Albufeira resident Albertina Fátima Estêvão,
Hospital bacteria claims sixth victim
A sixth person, out of a total of 11 people who were contaminated by a highly resistant form of bacterial infection, has died in Pombal District Hospital. The 89-year-old victim