Algarve hospitals get boost in September with ‘foreign and private doctors’
The Portuguese government may need to hire foreign doctors and doctors working in the private sector to help the Algarve deal with its chronic shortage of health professionals. So said
Paediatric and neonatal units “not closing”, says hospital board
Paediatric and neonatal care in the Algarve’s state hospitals will not close in September “due to a lack of medical staff”, confirmed CHUA, the region’s hospital management board, in a
Pensioner flies back to UK with “bones lodged in throat” after facing 10-hour wait at Portimão Hospital
A 10-hour wait to see a specialist at Portimão Hospital led an 84-year-old British grandmother to fly back to the UK with “two lamb bones stuck in her throat” which
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
Algarve’s much-maligned hospital management system ‘here to stay’
Portugal’s Parliament has rejected two proposals to ditch the Algarve’s unpopular CHA hospital management system. The bids were presented on Thursday (March 31) by the Left Bloc (BE) and the
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 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
Casualty departments in crisis as Algarve doctors threaten mass-walkout
Seventeen doctors running Algarve casualty units have threatened to resign on Monday (June 15) over rules they claim put nurses in the position to make decisions “only a qualified doctor
Drunk English teenager rescued from Praia da Rocha cliff fall “runs away from hospital to carry on drinking”
A young English teenager fell 20-metres backwards off a cliff in Praia da Rocha in the early hours of Saturday morning. Despite being described by media reports as “gravely injured”,
Government questioned over lack of meds at Algarve hospitals
The Left Bloc (BE) has questioned the Ministry of Health over recent delays in the stock of much-needed medication at Algarve hospitals. As the Resident reported last week (see https://www.portugalresident.com/algarve-hospitals-under-fire-for-lack-of-cancer-meds),