The President of the Regional Government said today that the sale of the NĂ©lio Mendonça Hospital property is not an “effective” decision and that it will only be decided in the future. He further reiterated that a more financially viable solution is to utilise the area to build controlled cost…
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The Reuse, Recycle and Include Party (RIR) considers that the reconversion of the Marmeleiros Hospital into an Integrated Care Unit exposes the incoherence and lack of political honesty that have marked the debate around the sale of the Dr. NĂ©lio Mendonça Hospital. “The Regional Government is now demonstrating that it’s…
According to a government source, the Dr. NĂ©lio Mendonça Hospital building won’t be sold until 2030, and the site will be turned into controlled rent housing. The same source stresses that the sale of the unit is not the result of a recent or unilateral decision by the Regional Government,…
An official complaint was filed on Saturday, the 24th of January, with the Attorney General’s Office and the Central Department of Investigation and Criminal Action (DCIAP), requesting the urgent intervention of the Public Prosecutor’s Office to prevent the sale of the Dr. NĂ©lio Mendonça Hospital. The complaint, based on the…
The Regional Civil Protection Service (SRPC), together with the 11 Municipal Civil Protection Services of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, is hosting sessions on the use of the European emergency number 112 and explaining how the Manchester Triage works in handling medical emergencies. The initiatives will be held across several…
Last Friday, the President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, firmly announced that the Dr. NĂ©lio Mendonça Hospital building will be sold. Plans to convert it into a residential home have been abandoned due to rising costs. When questioned by reporters, he said: “It’s already decided, and the conversion of…
It was in Elsevier’s journal Cancer Epidemiology that the Madeira Oncological Registry (RO-RAM), part of the Health Service of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (SESARAM), published its first scientific work in an international peer-reviewed journal. According to a press release, the study presents a pioneering methodological approach in Europe, which…
An 82-year-old man died after falling from a 3rd-floor window of the Hospital dos Marmeleiros, in circumstances that are yet to be clarified. According to what could be ascertained, the elderly man was classified as a ‘problematic discharge.’ Despite being clinically cured, he had been hospitalised for some time because…
During Operation ‘Merry Christmas’ the Regional Authority for Economic Activities (ARAE) “detected nine infractions in the 33 stores inspected. This included supermarkets, non-food outlets and food and beverage processes.” Of the nine infractions eight are listed as administrative offences and one has been referred as a criminal case, where 60…
Last night’s Funchal Market Night registered a total of 20 occurrences typified as pre-hospital emergencies, within the scope of the Market Night 2025 Events Coordination Post. According to the official balance, there were nine situations of alcohol poisoning, six cases of sudden illness, two falls, one man was run over,…
A case of measles has been detected in the Region. At issue is a Canadian child who resides in Madeira and who has not been vaccinated against this highly contagious disease. Records show that approximately thirty-five two-year-olds in Madeira were not inoculated against measles in 2024. Samantha Gannon info at…
A strong swell dragged five people, aged between five and twenty-eight, into the sea this morning from the Paul do Mar pier in Calheta. According to Paulo Rodrigues, President of the Parish Council, the wave swept up the wall, sweeping the five off their feet and into the sea. Two…
The PS-Madeira has criticised in a statement the proposal for the Regional Budget for 2026, presented by the Regional Secretary of Finance, for cuts in areas such as health and housing, considered priorities of the Government Programme approved in May. According to the socialists, the document indicates a 50 million…
Today, the Judiciary Police arrested an endocrinologist suspected of involvement in a fraudulent scheme to prescribe medicines covered by the National Health Service (SNS), in an operation that had a major focus in Funchal. The investigation, conducted by the PJ’s Northern Directorate, included several searches in different cities of the…
The Union of Workers in Public and Social Functions of the South and Autonomous Regions (STFPSSRA) warned today of the lack of nurses and employees in a home managed by the Living Care Association, in Câmara de Lobos, Madeira. “The home operates with minimal services all year,” said the union’s…