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Healthcare system, public health, medical news, and wellness updates from Portugal.

President Seguro Promulgates Diploma Extending the 'Direito ao Esquecimento' to HIV, Hepatitis C and Diabetes — Cancer Survivors, Chronic Patients and Disabled Borrowers Move Closer to a Non-Discriminatory Credit and Insurance Market

President Seguro Promulgates Diploma Extending the 'Direito ao Esquecimento' to HIV, Hepatitis C and Diabetes — Cancer Survivors, Chronic Patients and Disabled Borrowers Move Closer to a Non-Discriminatory Credit and Insurance Market

Seguro promulgated on 22 April a diploma extending Portugal's 'direito ao esquecimento' to HIV, Hepatitis C and Diabetes on top of oncological disease — binding banks, insurers and, for the first time, insurance mediators. What changes and how covered borrowers can use the new regime.

Portugal's INEM Refoundation Lands in Parliament — Ana Paula Martins Reads Ten Points to MPs as Bereaved Families Take the Stand on 22 April

Portugal's INEM Refoundation Lands in Parliament — Ana Paula Martins Reads Ten Points to MPs as Bereaved Families Take the Stand on 22 April

Health Minister Ana Paula Martins read off a ten-point INEM refoundation plan at Parliament's Inquiry Commission on 21 April — new legal status, three-member board, three-level response pyramid, CODU co-located with 112 and SNS24. Bereaved families testify 22 April.