Paul Rees
The Social Democratic Party in the Algarve, sensing some easy-to grab political Brownie points, said today that the accusations of the three service directors who resigned from Faro hospital are "serious," and has demanded explanation and investigation.The doctors who quit, claimed that the hospital's management had tried to pressure them into discharging patients early so as to free up beds for incoming patients. This is according to the Independent Medical Association’s regional chief, Jorge Roque da Cunha.
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