The Algarve Local Health Unit (ULS Algarve) has welcomed 136 new professionals to Faro and Portimão Hospitals, including 100 nurses and 36 operational assistants.
The new staff were formally welcomed at a session yesterday, September 21st, where ULS Algarve head nurse José Vieira dos Santos stressed the importance of maintaining a strong human focus in patient care.
Board chairman Tiago Botelho said the health unit intends to continue recruiting nurses, to strengthen hospital teams and improve their capacity to meet the needs of the Algarve population.
The new recruits will now begin their duties across the two hospitals.
SOURCE: ULS ALgarve
