The Algarve needed 67 additional doctors this summer but the Regional Health Administration reports that its latest recruitment drive has resulted in the hiring of zero new medics.
Undaunted, a new tender is being launched to hire 69 specialists for the region.
One man is dead and nine people have been injured in a three car accident on the EN125 at Estômbar in Lagoa this morning, Monday, July 30th.
Seven of those injured were transported to hospital, in Portimão and in Faro and two were assisted on the spot.
Thirty immigrants from Bangladesh, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Sudan arrived in Portugal from Malta on Sunday afternoon.
The immigrants had been rescued by The Lifeline humanitarian ship in June and have arrived at the Bobadela Reception Centre, stated the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Three firefighters have been injured while tacking a huge blaze at the Celtejo paper mill in Vila Velha de Ródão in the Castelo Branco district
The fire broke out on Sunday afternoon and water deliveries from two helicopters attempting to control the flames.
The sale of the development areas at Herdade da Comporta, scheduled to be announced on Friday July 27th, has been postponed with the announcement of new deadline for proposals of September 20th.
The shareholders’ meeting that was to decide on the sale of sell two tourist areas at the former Espírito Santo clan's playground was postponed and a new meeting scheduled for September 28th.
A five-year-old British boy has died after drowning in a villa swimming pool at the Amendoeira Golf Resort, Silves, on a family holiday.
The boy had been playing at the pool with his two siblings but it is not clear whether anyone was in the pool at the time.
Sifting through the wreckage of fires of biblical proportions, people in Greece have been turning their anger on the authorities in much the same way as they did in Portugal a year ago.
But this time round, Greek media has a precedent: the example of minister of internal administration Constança Urbano de Sousa who (finally) resigned after the worst two fire tragedies in Portugal’s living memory.
In the wake of endless protests over lack of manpower and conditions, the government has finally announced that it is making 1234 places available for young doctors up and down the country.
Despite the fact that the number itself looks like it has been pulled out of a hat, the country’s association of doctors has said it simply isn’t enough.
