To the cheery delight of many doctors and nurses working in the Algarve’s public health service, the director of the Hospitals of the Algarve is to be replaced; Dr Pedo Nunes' four years are up and the likelihood of working happily under a Socialist administration were neglibile.
Dr Pedro Nunes, a former chairman of the Medical Association who ran the Hospitals of the Algarve group from Faro hospital, has long been criticised for his brusque management style and his ability to upset and enrage many of those working under him at Faro, Lagos and Portimão hospitals and associated clinics.