Luz Saúde was elected Medical Provider of the Year 2022 by the journal of reference for international health and travel insurances

Grupo Lusíadas Saúde performed, at Hospital Lusíadas Lisboa, the first uniportal robotic thoracic surgeries in Portugal.

An Enquiry on the National Scientific and Technological Potential identified the entities with the highest investment in R&D.

Hospital da Luz Lisboa has now available genetic tests to support guidance for a more adequate physical activity and diet.

"CUF Porto Hospital has been re-accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI), the most prestigious independent accreditation body worldwide.

Custom-made heart valve prosthesis "For the first time in Portugal, at CUF Tejo Hospital, the tricuspid heart valve was replaced by a prosthesis made to the exact measure of the patient's heart, through cardiac catheterization - a minimally invasive procedure.

The distinction Prémio Nacional de Gastrenterologia 2021 was awarded to Alexandre Ferreira, gastroenterologist at Hospital da Luz and Hospital Beatriz Ângelo (HBA), for his research work on the use of a particular technology in colonoscopy exams for detection of colon and rectum cancer. This is the most important distinction in the research area of gastroenterology, this year amounting to 10 thousand euros, promoted by the Portuguese Society of Gastroenterology. Colon and rectum tumours are one of the main causes of death by cancer and the colonoscopy exam, done early in prevention screenings, makes it possible to reduce the incidence of cases and mortality. In the work now distinguished – entitled “Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) versus white light for the detection of sessile serrated colorectal lesions: a randomized clinical trial” –, Alexandre Ferreira investigated the benefit of the use of narrow band imaging (NBI) during colonoscopy, for the detection of premalignant lesions, namely serrated lesions.

“The pacemaker is a device that compensates the disease of the heart’s electric tissue. Every time the heart ‘skips’ a beat, the pacemaker releases a small electrical stimulus, that the patient does not perceive, but which reminds the heart it is time to contract again”, explains Diogo Cavaco during the reportage ‘Futuro Hoje’, on SIC. The Hospital da Luz Lisboa cardiologist, particularly devoted to the area of cardiac rhythm alterations, was invited by the TV show, broadcasted on July 27, to describe how it is implanted and how the smallest pacemaker in the world works, having already inserted them in over a hundred patients.