Latest news and stories about patient care in health in Porto, Portugal for expats and residents.
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.
An analysis of the medical residency program at S. João Hospital and a critique of the populist political response to the closure of emergency services at Barreiro Hospital.
Three elderly women, aged 80, 91, and 92, were reportedly mistreated in an illegal care home in Maia. The owner of the facility is currently facing trial for the alleged abuse, raising concerns about the safety and treatment of vulnerable patients in such establishments.
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.
Isabel Rocha says she has to put her hand in ice water to avoid pain. She accuses the hospital of medical negligence.
For palliative care physician Hugo Sarmento Ribeiro, “it is bizarre that pain, geriatrics, and palliative care are not mandatory subjects in all medical degree courses.”
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Medialivre donated innovative equipment. Domingos Matos highlights the work of the professionals.
The Socialist Party (PS) secretary-general criticised the Government today for failing to 'guarantee a social safety net' in healthcare to prevent the elderly from spending years in hospitals, urging them to 'take responsibility'.
In Penafiel, he heard warnings from the Board of Directors regarding the occupation of 'about 60 beds per day by people who remain in the hospital because they lack family or social support'.
The model to be developed aims to allow doctors to prescribe participation in group activities involving creativity, led by certified artists or mediators.
A woman left São João Hospital with a vaginal gauze left inside her after giving birth
The vaginal swab was only detected 14 days later by the family doctor. The ERS now demands internal audits and complete records of surgical instruments and materials.
Joana Bordálo e Sá warns that services organised “at the cost of permanent exhaustion” do not guarantee safe and quality care. The union claims to have received hundreds of complaints from doctors.
The project was tested at the hospital and is being rolled out to the Local Health Unit's (ULS) health centres, starting with the one in Bonfim. The idea is to alert colleagues in other offices so they can intervene.
This involves an implant that will serve as an attachment point for the prosthesis, resolving the problem of pain and skin wounds for patients.
A statement regarding the necessity of retaining Portuguese nursing professionals within the national healthcare system.
Professionals and students gather this week in Gondomar to discuss careers, leadership, and the future of the healthcare system. The 7th Nurses' Congress, promoted by the Order of Nurses, features Expresso as a media partner.
Rui Nunes, a full professor of Bioethics at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, analyses the protests by health professionals and working conditions in the National Health Service (SNS).
Former president and former technical director charged with the crime of spreading a contagious disease, aggravated by the outcome.
The IGAS has already carried out several inquiries and initiated a medical assessment into the case of the baby born at the reception of the Santos Silva Hospital. The final report does not yet have a scheduled date.
Ten patients reportedly died between 2022 and 2025 while waiting for surgery at Santo António hospital. The Health Regulatory Authority (ERS) and the Medical Association had already demanded answers in February.
The child's father has filed complaints with several entities, alleging that the baby fell headfirst during delivery while the mother was being admitted.
The investigation follows reports published on February 19, when the director of the Cardiology department at ULSSA, André Luz, stated that ten patients had died over the last three years due to an “excessively long waiting list” at the Santo António hospital alone.
Regarding food, the study identified that children may have a low appetite or an avid appetite. The latter, associated with a higher food intake, leads to worse cardiometabolic indicators.
Research from the Porto Faculty of Medicine concludes that starting two key heart failure therapies at the same time does not increase adverse effects and allows for earlier compliance with international recommendations, providing clinical benefits for patients.
Research from FMUP concluded that starting two treatments simultaneously in patients with heart failure is feasible and safe.
The hospital confirmed to CM that the successive postponements are due to a lack of beds.
The government wants the Santo António Local Health Unit (ULS) to become a reference centre. The hospital's only cardiac surgeon is unable to perform operations.
At São João Hospital in Porto, books “fly” from hand to hand via a small mobile library that brings the magic of reading to those who are hospitalised. A partnership supported by Porto Editora.
