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Differences compromise equity in the care provided in different regions of the country, experts acknowledge. Gaia Hospital maintains its paediatric emergency classification.
Infarmed is currently evaluating the potential widespread hospital use of a new cancer drug after previously denying a special authorisation request for a 35-year-old patient.
The helipad at Hospital Pedro Hispano in Matosinhos will close due to obstacles in the aircraft approach channels that “pose a risk to operations.”
In the past three years, ten patients have tragically died while awaiting heart surgery at Santo António Hospital in Porto, raising serious concerns about the efficiency and safety of the public healthcare system.
The Porto region is set to invest €820,000 in the refurbishment of two health centres. The Vale Formoso Health Unit will receive €526,000 for a four-month renovation, while the Foz Health Centre will be upgraded with an investment of €297,000, expected to take 100 days to complete.
The president of Porto City Council called the case “exceptional” but acknowledged the need for changes.
The mayor of Porto says there is a problem of 'elderly isolation' in the city and that the current system for monitoring isolated citizens is not 'sufficient', stressing that more must be done.
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 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.
On 22 December, in a statement published by Fnam, doctors from the Internal Medicine Service of ULS Tâmega e Sousa warned of care overload in inpatient services.
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.
The Obstetrics and Gynaecology emergency department at São João Hospital in Porto will be expanded and will have a direct connection to new pre‑labour areas and single rooms, as part of a €1.5 million project, the local health unit said on Monday. In response to the Lusa news agency, the São João Local Health Unit (ULSSJ) stated that ...
The Internal Medicine department has observed a continuous and pronounced peak in demand for care in recent weeks.
ULSTS informs that each shift will have a team of two doctors, two nurses, and one technical assistant.
The President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has undergone emergency surgery for an incarcerated hernia at São João Hospital.
The country's first culture cornea bank, established at Santo António Hospital, has prevented blindness in nearly 300 patients this year alone. The new storage technique has reduced the transplant waiting list by more than 50 percent.
The country's first culture cornea bank, established at Santo António Hospital, has prevented blindness in nearly 300 patients this year alone. The new storage technique has reduced the transplant waiting list by more than 50 percent.
More than 200 elderly people and caregivers from Marco de Canaveses are involved in a unique proximity project in the country.
