The 53-year-old Czech tourist (not about 40 years old as initially reported) who fell and died this morning after falling 50 metres from the Juncal Viewpoint, in Pico do Areeiro, was not on a recommended pedestrian route. The viewpoint and the access route, which starts at the entrance of Radar…
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The body of a missing man was found floating in the sea off Praia do Vigário, Câmara de Lobos on Sunday. According to the Commander of the National Maritime Authority and the Maritime Police, Rui Manuel Teixeira, the body was collected by the Forensic Divers Group (GMF) of the Maritime…
The BVM mountain rescue and rescue team carried out a risky rescue operation this afternoon. Â
A rescue operation was undertaken by SANAS this afternoon, despite rough seas hampering the operation. Â
Between the 1st of May and the 31st of August, the National Maritime Authority (AMN) recorded two deaths in the Autonomous Region of Madeira (RAM).
The president of the Portuguese Society of Transplantation has defended an amendment of the law that allows organ harvesting from people who are dying in Intensive care but who are not declared brain dead. “Unfortunately, in Portugal and around the world, there is a lack of organs for transplantation, because…