Notícias (GB)
In the 1st quarter of 2026, the electricity production in the Autonomous Region of Madeira grew by 5.3%, with a strong contribution from renewable sources (Read more...)
In the 1st quarter of 2026, the unemployment rate fell to 4.5%, the lowest in the country (Read more...)
In the 4th quarter of 2025, the number of bankruptcy, insolvency and enterprise recovery cases filed in the first-instance courts of the Madeira District increased both on a quarterly and year-on-year basis (Read more...)
In April 2026, the confidence indicator in Manufacturing and Services increased, whilst in Construction and Public Works and in Trade there was a decrease (Read more...)
DREM shares data to mark Mother's Day 2026 (Read more...)
In March 2026, the overnight stays in tourist accommodation in the Region grew 3.8% year-on-year, surpassing the one million mark for the first time this month of the year (Read more...)
In March 2026, precipitation was above the climatological normal, whilst temperature was below (Read more...)
In the 1st quarter of 2026, the balance between the number of company incorporations and dissolutions decreased compared to the same period of the previous year (Read more...)
In the 1st quarter of 2026, the weighted annual average daily traffic on the Via Rápida increased by 2.7% compared to the same period of the previous year (Read more...)
In March 2026, passenger movement at the Autonomous Region of Madeira airports recorded a year-on-year growth of 2.3% (Read more...)
Notícias (GB)
In the 1st quarter of 2026, the electricity production in the Autonomous Region of Madeira grew by 5.3%, with a strong contribution from renewable sources (Read more...)
In the 1st quarter of 2026, the unemployment rate fell to 4.5%, the lowest in the country (Read more...)
In the 4th quarter of 2025, the number of bankruptcy, insolvency and enterprise recovery cases filed in the first-instance courts of the Madeira District increased both on a quarterly and year-on-year basis (Read more...)
In April 2026, the confidence indicator in Manufacturing and Services increased, whilst in Construction and Public Works and in Trade there was a decrease (Read more...)
DREM shares data to mark Mother's Day 2026 (Read more...)
In March 2026, the overnight stays in tourist accommodation in the Region grew 3.8% year-on-year, surpassing the one million mark for the first time this month of the year (Read more...)
In March 2026, precipitation was above the climatological normal, whilst temperature was below (Read more...)
In the 1st quarter of 2026, the balance between the number of company incorporations and dissolutions decreased compared to the same period of the previous year (Read more...)
In the 1st quarter of 2026, the weighted annual average daily traffic on the Via Rápida increased by 2.7% compared to the same period of the previous year (Read more...)
In March 2026, passenger movement at the Autonomous Region of Madeira airports recorded a year-on-year growth of 2.3% (Read more...)
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In 2018
Hospitals of the Autonomous Region of Madeira recorded a decrease in the number medical consultations in the external consultation unit and in the attendance of emergency departments, but the number of surgeries increased
In 2018, there were nine hospitals in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, three of them official and the remaining six private, all located in the municipality of Funchal.
In the year of reference, the average number of used hospital beds stood at 1,846 (up by 2.5% from 2017), representing a ratio of 7.3 beds per 1,000 inhabitants.
At the end of 2018, the hospital staff consisted of 467 doctors (+8.1% over 2017) , 1,195 nurses (+3.5%), 233 technicians of diagnostics and therapeutics (+3.6%), and 1,104 other staff workers (+17.9%). Compared to 2017, the persons employed in hospitals in 2018 rose by 8.1%.
There were 295.2 thousand medical consultations in the external consultation unit of hospitals, a lower figure when compared to 2017 (309,1 thousand consultations).

25.8 thousand persons stayed overnight as inpatients (25.1 thousand in 2017), corresponding to 550,8 thousand days of hospitalisation.
32,4 surgeries (except small surgeries) per day were performed in the hospitals of the Autonomous Region of Madeira.
In the reference year, 118.3 thousand persons were attended in the emergency departments (122.5 thousand in 2017).
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