Two years into the social democrat government that promised to ‘rescue’ the ailing state health service, doctors and hospital administrators are once again warning of likely closures of A&E departments

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The number of patients who remain in hospital after being medically discharged exceeded 3,500 at the end of May, executive director of the SNS national health service Álvaro Almeida has

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A delighted team at Braga hospital is celebrating the success of its first cochlear implant surgery, performed yesterday on a baby under 12-months of age. The surgery – described as

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