In an attempt to deflect any blame for the crisis that has finished looming and now envelopes the Algarve’s health service, the Regional Health Administration said today that the new Hospitals of the Algarve management body that runs Faro, Portimao and Lagos hospitals received "a total of €74 million between 2011 and 2013."
These additional funds were for the "financial recovery" of the hospitals and for paying long-overdue invoices from suppliers, some of which had been waiting for years.