Latest news and stories about medical services in Porto, Portugal for expats and residents.
The president of ICAD has announced the launch of a new day hospital in Porto on June 1st, dedicated to intensive alcohol treatment, following the opening of a similar facility in Lisbon this past April.
An editorial by Sónia Sapage exploring the multifaceted frustrations of Portuguese nurses, including salary concerns, professional status, and systemic workplace issues discussed at the 7th Nurses' Congress.
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.
The recent dispatch signed by Health and Health Management Secretaries has sparked controversy as it paves the way for establishing a Cardiac Surgery Unit at the Local Health Unit (ULS) of Santo António in Porto. This decision has raised questions regarding healthcare policy and resource allocation in the region.
The Secretary of State for Health has signed an order that supports the establishment of a Surgery Unit at Hospital de Santo António, where she has previously worked and maintains connections. This decision highlights the ongoing relationship between healthcare policy and the officials who influence it.
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.
First part of the Investigação CM report on June 16, 2025, on CMTV.
The Santa Cruz do Bispo Prison has only one psychiatrist for 400 inmates. The Independent Doctors' Union highlights that this collapse has been systematically ignored.
On Friday, the SPMS, which operate a data centre located in Porto, confirmed that a power failure caused disruptions in access to NHS services and information systems.
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 Board of Directors guarantees that there is no risk to workers or patients.
The Portuguese Institute of Oncology in Porto is identified as one of more than 1,000 public facilities containing asbestos materials.
JN: IPO Porto is still awaiting the removal of the carcinogenic material, although air quality shows no contamination. DN: the national teacher recruitment process placed only 213 new teachers.
The effects of the cyberattack are being felt in the service provided at external medical units, leading to the cancellation of appointments at the gastroenterology clinic.
The effects of the cyberattack are being felt, particularly in the service provided at the 'external occupational medical units'.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Medialivre donated innovative equipment. Domingos Matos highlights the work of the professionals.
At the end of his visit to the Tâmega e Sousa Hospital Centre, the PS leader said that if the issue “were a priority, it would be being resolved” and focused on the lack of social response for the elderly.
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'.
Portugal is facing widespread disruption today as a nationwide general strike called by the CGTP trade union is bringing transport networks, hospitals, schools and public services to a standstill. The The post General strike: Hospitals, transport and schools face major disruption appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The São João Hospital in Porto is operating only with minimum services. FNAM leader Joana Bordalo e Sá is on-site and provided an initial assessment to CNN Portugal.
The NHS reform has 'forgotten' international vaccination centres. The largest one in Porto is withering away. The DGS recommends a consultation for those travelling to areas affected by the Ebola outbreak, but there is a lack of response.
The model to be developed aims to allow doctors to prescribe participation in group activities involving creativity, led by certified artists or mediators.
The oncologist has been in the position since 2022. The new term was approved by the Council of Ministers and published this Monday in the Diário da República.
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.
According to the union, successive monthly changes to work schedules are accumulating, causing serious harm to the doctors' personal and family lives and making it impossible to balance professional and family life.
Doctors are being prevented from taking the rest periods required by law and are being subjected to shift work and time bank schemes, the Northern Doctors' Union accuses.
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.
