Former Health Minister Paulo Mendo died. He was 92 years old

Doctor Paulo Mendo, who was Minister of Health during the administration of Aníbal Cavaco Silva, between 1993 and 1995, died this Thursday at the age of 92 at the Santo António Hospital in Porto.

On a note of regret, the OM today recalled the neurologist and neuroradiologist as an “unavoidable reference for health in Portugal”. For the OM, Paulo Mendo played “an important role with regard to the qualitative evolution of medical education by publishing, as Minister of Health, the unique qualification to obtain the title of specialist, which would end the fragmentation of the medical qualification that existed before”. “From his long caree…

Paulo Mendo, a doctor by training, was Secretary of State twice and became Minister of Health. Always interventional, he stood out for his warnings against bureaucratization and the chronic underfunding of the National Health Service

Doctor Paulo Mendo, who was Secretary of State twice and Minister of Health between 1993 and 1995, died this Thursday, aged 92, at the Hospital de Santo António, in Porto, a source from this hospital told Lusa. “Professor Dr. Paulo Mendo passed away this morning at the Hospital de Santo António”, announced […]

Paulo Mendo remained active in the area of health, especially his warnings against bureaucratization and the chronic underfunding of the NHS.