I was shocked during a conversation with an English friend to discover she had just had a knee replacement in a private UK hospital at a cost of £15,000.
Portugal has four suspected cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children, aged between 7 months and 8 years, the Directorate-General for Health (DGS).
Outpatient antibiotic consumption increased slightly between 2013 and 2019 in Portugal, but registered a sharp reduction from 2020 onwards due to the Covid-19.