Latest news and stories about healthcare in daily life in Porto, Portugal for expats and residents.
The Portuguese Army has launched disciplinary proceedings against Gandra d'Almeida following an IGAS report regarding the accumulation of roles during his tenure as director of INEM North, which also led to his resignation as NHS executive director.
The answer is: “it depends”. It can arise due to the tumour or result from aggressive treatments. But it should not be lived in silence. Learn about some solutions to minimise oncological pain.
The 4th edition covers 3.5 km along the Porto riverside. In 2024, nearly 4,400 new cases of leukaemia and lymphoma were diagnosed in Portugal.
The initiative by the São João Local Health Unit in Porto is part of a strategy to humanise healthcare.
Excessive heat is worrying health authorities, especially regarding more vulnerable populations such as the elderly. Clotilde Costa lives alone in Miragaia, Porto, and is monitored by a home support team.
The Specialized Prevention Centre will operate in the former Matosinhos hospital, where the ICAD Western Porto Integrated Response Centre is already located.
Many patients diagnosed and operated on at ULSTS previously needed to travel to other institutions to undergo systemic treatments.
Portugal records more than 13,000 new cases of skin cancer annually, with about 1,500 being melanomas, the most dangerous and aggressive type. Today marks Euromelanoma Day, and the IPO in Porto conducted free screenings.
Since September 2022, 291 volunteer mothers have donated 950 litres of milk to the ULS São João unit. The project has reduced mortality from necrotising enterocolitis and hospital stay duration.
A deficit of micronutrients such as zinc and selenium affects sperm quality. Experts advocate for simple dietary changes to improve reproductive health.
A project at São João Hospital aims to reduce the impact of the inability to speak for patients with prolonged stays in intensive care through the temporary implementation of small devices.
The Community Prescription project aims to refer patients to existing community programmes, such as workshops and manual labour, similar to a pharmacological prescription.
Campanhã station and the new stop at São João Hospital were the most sought-after points on a line that will still take time to transport people to Matosinhos.
After a staff member reported a strong smell of gas, firefighters were called to the scene on Saturday. In addition to nine elderly female residents, two staff members and several pets were evacuated from the home. The issue was resolved and everyone returned to the building. No injuries were reported.
The skeleton of an elderly woman who lived in isolation in the Bairro de S. Roque da Lameira, and who is believed to have died two years earlier, was found by the PSP (Public Security Police).
The causes of the fire are being investigated by the relevant authorities.
Dozens of emergency units were mobilised to the scene. No injuries have been reported.
A care home in Santo Tirso had to be evacuated on Monday night due to a fire. The blaze is believed to have started in the laundry.
A care home in Santo Tirso, Portugal, was evacuated after a fire broke out. Emergency services attended the scene and residents were moved to safety while authorities assess the situation and investigate the cause.
The prime minister said on Monday there is a 'perception of chaos' in the National Health Service (SNS) but insisted that 'this is not reality', arguing that hospital waiting times 'are the best of the last five years'. Speaking in Porto at the inauguration of the SNS Executive Directorate's headquarters, Luís Montenegro recognised that ...
The chief executive of the National Health Service (SNS), Álvaro Almeida, spoke to journalists at the opening of the SNS executive directorate's headquarters in Porto on Monday.
Luís Montenegro reiterated the competence and resilience of Health Minister Ana Paula Martins. The praise came during the inaugural speech at the headquarters of the SNS executive directorate in Porto, where the prime minister also said that cases of delays in emergency response cannot be generalised, as the Portuguese National Health Service is one of the best in the world.
The court found that, throughout the labour, the defendants displayed “an attitude of disregard for the continuous and increasing signs of foetal distress”.
Speaking at the inauguration of the SNS Executive Directorate headquarters in Porto, the prime minister described 'a strange time' in which, in his view, there is an 'absolute disproportion' between the work of healthcare professionals in hospital units and the media coverage.
The baby was seven months old and is reported to have suffered injuries to the head.
Lara and Armando want to be parents, but a chronic illness postponed a plan they hope to realise thanks to the Reproductive Medicine Centre at São João Hospital, a unit that, in three years, has doubled its output and intends to internationalise. Created in 2023, the Integrated Responsibility Centre for Reproductive Medicine (CRI-MR) of the Hospital ...
The São João CRI-MR is the only centre within the NHS to provide this type of treatment, which is why it receives patients from across the country, including Madeira and the Azores, and aims to internationalise.
At Hospital de São João in Porto, the average waiting time to be seen was two hours on Sunday morning.
The Portuguese Oncology Institute (IPO) of Porto is in contact with the Manchester hospital in the United Kingdom, a centre specialising in the disease affecting the 23‑year‑old cancer patient who is battling a serious lung condition.
