After stating that the President of Madeira's comments that the Regional Government intends to sell the Dr Nélio Mendonça Hospital once the new hospital is opened a 'Carnival joke,' the People's Monarchy Party (PPM) has gone on to propose that the building be used as a senior citizen facility.
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This morning, war broke out at the assisted living residence 'Maria Aurora' due to rent arrears.
More and more elderly people are being abandoned in hospitals. This and the fragility of aging will be addressed at the first regional conference on Bioethics, promoted by the Bioethics centre on the 3rd of May. Study centre coordinator, Cândida Carvalho, addressed the current situation by saying that the region…
The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), believe that free medicine should be available for all those aged 65 and over, the chronically ill, and families in need.
The decision to move Ribeira Brava's vaccination centre to the Serra de Água pavilion has been heavily criticised.
Whether it was the sudden accounting error that misled everyone into believing that 17,500 vaccines had arrived on the island this week, but Miguel Albuquerque stated today, that he hopes that in Madeira, the vaccine will not be misused. However, when questioned by reporters, he said he had more important things to worry about!