Patients and staff at two Lisbon hospitals “at elevated risk” due to exposure to degraded asbestos

Body of man discovered in gardens of Lisbon’s Santa Maria Hospital

Adding to the bad press swirling about Portugal’s State health system, the body of a man has been discovered in the gardens of Lisbon’s Santa Maria Hospital – one of the largest, supposedly ‘most prestigious’ public hospitals in the country. It appears the 62-year-old had been triaged in A&E and then left the premises by choice. For now, cause of death has been unexplained.