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The former director of the emergency department at Santa Maria Hospital accuses the current Board of Directors of a lack of investment.
Improper payments made to Miguel Alpalhão and other professionals concern additional surgeries performed between 2021 and 2025, a period that includes authorisations granted by the current minister.
The doctor states that the major problem with that emergency department is its inability to transfer admitted patients to hospital wards, compounded by the fact that the hospital is not large enough for the population it serves.
The Council of Ministers approved physician Nélson Pereira to lead the Matosinhos Local Health Unit (ULS). The terms for the boards of Santo António and São João hospitals ended in 2025, and the term for the Porto IPO ended in 2024.
The appointment of a new director at Santa Maria Hospital has resulted in the resignation of six department heads.
The administration decided to end João Gouveia's term before the end of his service commission. Nuno Gaibino has been serving as interim director of the emergency department since April 1st.
The resignations follow the removal of João Gouveia, the hospital's emergency department director.
Intensivist Nuno Gaibino will take on the role of interim director of the central emergency department at Santa Maria Hospital in Lisbon on Wednesday, replacing João Gouveia, according to an internal note from the institution accessed by Lusa today.
Intensivist Nuno Gaibino will take over as interim director of the central emergency department at Hospital Santa Maria in Lisbon this Wednesday, replacing João Gouveia, according to an internal note. The ULS Santa Maria Board of Directors stated the decision aims to bring new momentum to the strategic renewal project of the Central Emergency Service. Gaibino, who currently serves as National Coordinator for Transplantation at the IPST, will hold the position until a formal selection process for a permanent director is concluded.
The Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating Miguel Paiva in an inquiry regarding contracts with CHEDV. The case involves contracts worth approximately 6.1 million euros.
The manager, currently president of the Shared Services of the Ministry of Health, is expected to be appointed for the first time to a hospital post. The current president of Amadora-Sintra has been in a state of resignation for two months.
