Infrastructure: Healthcare news in Algarve, Portugal

Algarve: New central hospital to be operational in 2031

Ambulances held up at Faro Emergency Department due to shortage of doctors and rise in patient numbers

Sleep apnea pilot projects advance in the Algarve and Tejo regions

With these projects, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up are extended to primary healthcare, with remote clinical supervision. Sleep apnea affects more than 15% of the Portuguese adult population.

Algarve and Tagus Estuary to launch pilot projects for sleep apnea diagnosis and treatment

The programmes are expected to begin within three months at the Local Health Units of the Algarve and the Tagus Estuary. Obstructive sleep apnea is a chronic condition that affects more than 15% of the population.

Revamped health centre unveiled in Monte Gordo

Local officials in Monte Gordo have unveiled the coastal town’s new-look health centre, which has been renovated and expanded. The project has doubled the number of medical consultation rooms from The post Revamped health centre unveiled in Monte Gordo appeared first on Portugal Resident.

First privately managed health centre in the Algarve to be operational by the end of 2026

Family Health Unit will serve 7,750 patients.

Vila Real de Santo António health centre expansion begins

Construction work has started on the €2.7 million expansion and renovation of the health centre in the eastern Algarve border town of Vila Real de Santo António. According to the The post Vila Real de Santo António health centre expansion begins appeared first on Portugal Resident.

NUMAPLUS: A New Healthcare Model for a Safer Algarve

Home Health NUMAPLUS: A New Healthcare Model for a Safer Algarve NUMAPLUS: A New Healthcare Model for a Safer Algarve At a time when medical emergencies, particularly those related to cardiovascular disease, remain one of the leading causes of death, rapid response can make the difference between

CUF gets green light to buy HPA – but it must build new hospital in Algarve

Portugal’s Competition Authority (AdC) has approved private healthcare provider CUF’s acquisition of a 75% stake in the Hospital Particular do Algarve (HPA) private health group under the condition that CUF The post CUF gets green light to buy HPA – but it must build new hospital in Algarve appeared first on Portugal Resident.

Competition Authority approves CUF's purchase of Hospital Particular do Algarve with remedies; CUF must build a new hospital

The Competition Authority (AdC) approved, subject to remedies, the purchase of a 75% majority stake in Hospital Particular do Algarve (HPA) by CUF. The initial agreement between the José de Mello Capital group and the largest hospital network in the Algarve, Alentejo and Madeira will need to be adjusted, namely to include the construction of a ...

Central Algarve Hospital to open by 2031. University to create 'health campus'

The Central Algarve Hospital is expected to open within four to five years, nearly two decades after the date promised when the foundation stone was laid during José Sócrates's first government. The date follows the signing of the strategic agreement for the new health infrastructure this Monday, between the ...