PS questions Government over failure to allocate family medicine vacancies in Castelo Branco
The Municipal Assembly of Castelo Branco approved in late December a motion calling on the Government to increase recruitment of specialist doctors.

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The Municipal Assembly of Castelo Branco approved in late December a motion calling on the Government to increase recruitment of specialist doctors.

The family of the historian, poet and ethnographer do not understand the reasons for the change and say they were not even informed beforehand.

One day before the official start of the presidential campaign, the candidate backed by the PS was confident in his home town, Castelo Branco.

APA, Portugal’s Environment Agency has once again rejected the Beira photovoltaic power plant in Castelo Branco – much to the delight of communities that have rallied against it (and have The post “Beira Baixa not for sale!” Communities rejoice in new photovoltaic veto appeared first on Portugal Resident.

Municipal councillors call for the hiring of specialist doctors and for maintaining services at the local hospital.

Two doctors at Castelo Branco Hospital are reported to have received more than €2.5 million for out‑of‑hours work.

Doctors are alleged to have abused the additional production scheme. They carried out more surgeries after hours than during normal working hours.

From January, several districts will no longer have daily newspaper distribution guaranteed by Vasp. Trade unionists in Castelo Branco are demanding 'urgent solutions' from the Government and local authorities.

The Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security is closely monitoring the collective dismissal of 22 workers from the clothing company Dielmar, in Alcains, Castelo Branco. "We are closely following this situation. We have developed a new methodology with the IEFP [Institute for Employment and Professional Training] and with the centres of ...
