Doctors practising “disaster medicine” as patient numbers skyrocket
Not enough doctors for number of patients Portugal’s doctors are practising “disaster medicine” in several health units where the volume of patients is excessive in the last week of the
2nd inquiry finds serious failings in hospital treatment of pregnant woman who died
A second inquiry – this time by the health regulatory entity (ERS) – has found serious failings in the way in which a young pregnant foreigner was treated after entering
Hospital drama continues: patients stacked up on stretchers in corridors
Casualty departments ‘stuffed’; services closed in almost all parts of country Another long weekend of ‘chaos in the State’s SNS health service’ has played out, with television stations featuring the
70 patients waiting for hospital bed in Lisbon’s São José hospital
The parlous state of the country’s State health service is not expected to improve through December as hundreds of doctors maintain their strike over more than the statutory hours of
Crisis in hospitals: “December will be worse than November”
Portugal’s health service “cannot wait for new government to take office” On the day that doctors and the government return to negotiations, television commentator and lecturer in international health Tiago
Hospitals on knife-edge
“Chaos in A&E can only get worse” as temperatures fall With doctors still maintaining their work-to-rules over overtime – and politicians focused on either singing the praises, or trashing the
43 hospitals “on brink of collapse”
“Tragic November” has begun as doctors continue strike over overtime Popular tabloid Correio da Manhã runs with the cover headline today: “43 hospitals on brink of collapse”. Listing the hospitals
New Algarve hospital board appointed
Previous administration’s term ended in December After a long delay, a new Board of Directors has finally been appointed for the Algarve University Hospital Centre (CHUA). The announcement was made
Minister vows Algarve Oncology Centre still moving forward
Tender will be launched in 2024, according to the minister Portugal’s Minister of Health has guaranteed that the tender for the construction of the Algarve Oncology Centre will be launched
Newborns at risk at S. Francisco Xavier hospital, warn syndicate
Sindepor, the democractic syndicate of Portuguese nurses, has denounced failings in obstetric services at Hospital S. Francisco Xavier – the hospital to which obstetric/ gynacological teams from Santa Maria have