Healthcare system, public health, medical news, and wellness updates from Portugal.
The STSS union calls a two-day national strike of diagnostic and therapy technicians in the SNS for 19 and 20 November. Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and 24-hour services are covered; booked tests and physiotherapy may be postponed.
The DGAV counts seven equine outbreaks in Portalegre, Santarém and Setúbal. Europe has 2,009 human cases, including 149 in Spain, three of whose affected provinces border Portugal. Portugal has reported none.
Almost seven in ten people aged 18 to 34 would change their plans for children if they had to look after a relative, a Merck survey finds. Here is who qualifies as an informal carer in Portugal and how to apply to Social Security.
The SNS gets another 1,538 million euros for medicines and diagnostic exams, authorised in September, Público reports. Budget office data show about 1.1 billion went to pharmacy medicines in the third quarter. Nothing changes at the counter.
The STTS union's 24-hour public sector strike runs all of Monday 2 November. It is not the Frente Comum's 20 November walkout. What the union wants, which services must keep running, and how to check your child's school.
The DGS's third seasonal report counts 1,339,486 flu jabs and 600,160 Covid-19 boosters to 25 October. Flu coverage among over-60s runs from 39.75 percent in the North to 21.25 percent in the Algarve.
The Danish medical-device maker invested about 100 million euros in a urinary catheter plant, with 18.5 million in EU support. The Labour Minister says its staff earn 20 percent above the regional average wage.
