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This caused the Madeirans to confiscate all German property in Madeira and stop the construction of the hospital. On November 1930, the building was completed and the first patients were transferred there, making it one of the first hospitals in the country. The inauguration of the new facilities took place on August 10, 1940.
Healthcare in Portugal is provided through three coexisting systems: the National Health Service (Portuguese: Serviço Nacional de Saúde, SNS), special social health insurance schemes for certain professions (health subsystems) and voluntary private health insurance. The SNS provides universal coverage, although in 2012 measures were ...
www.cm-funchal.pt. Funchal (Portuguese pronunciation: [fũˈʃal] ⓘ) is the capital, largest city and the municipal seat of Portugal 's Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a population of 105,795, [ 1 ] making it the sixth largest city in Portugal. Because of its high cultural and historical value ...
Câmara de Lobos (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkɐmɐɾɐ ðɨ ˈloβuʃ] ⓘ; lit. 'Chamber of Wolves' or 'Wolves' Chamber') is a municipality and town in the southern coast of the portuguese island of Madeira, divided in 5 freguesias. A de facto suburb of the much larger capital city of Funchal, it is one of the larger population ...
Quinta Vigia. / 32.64500°N 16.91583°E / 32.64500; 16.91583. Quinta Vigia, also known as Quinta das Angústias and Quinta Lambert, is a quinta located in the city of Funchal, on the island of Madeira, which serves as the official residence and office of the President of the Regional Government of the Autonomous Region of Madeira.
www.uma.pt. The University of Madeira (UMa; Portuguese: Universidade da Madeira, pronounced [univɨɾsiˈðaðɨ ðɐ mɐˈðɐjɾɐ]) is a Portuguese public university, created in 1988 in Funchal, Madeira. The university offers first, second cycle and Doctorate academic degrees in a wide range of fields, in accordance with the Bologna process.
Coordinates: 32.636649°N 16.935696°W. The Marine Biology Station of Funchal ( Portuguese: Estação de Biologia Marinha do Funchal ), on the Portuguese island of Madeira, is a research centre owned by the municipality of Funchal and dedicated to research and education on marine sciences. It was inaugurated on 28 September 1999.
Following the attack on the ships, the Germans proceeded to bombard Funchal for two hours from a range of about 2 miles (3 km). Batteries on Madeira returned fire and eventually forced the Germans to withdraw. [27] In 1917 on December 12, two German U-boats, U-156 and U-157 (captained by Max Valentiner) again bombarded Funchal, Madeira. This ...