Edite’s memories and reflections Edite Melo went to the Preventory Hospital Colónia Rovisco Pais na Tocha (HCRP) when she was about five years old. Until then, she lived in Pampilhosa with her grandmother, mother, uncle and aunt (her mother’s brothers) and cousins. The maternal grandparents residence was a large, hearty country house with oxen. The …
Antero, the workshops and mechanics at the Hospital Mr. Antero Melo started working at the Facilities and Equipment Service at Hospital Colónia Rovisco Pais (HCRP) in January 1966, he was 23 years old. At the time, Dr. Viriato Namora was an administrator. His father had previously done some mechanical work for the hospital and …
Visits by Nurse Nídia Nurse Nídia Salgueiro graduated from the School of Nursing Dr. Ângelo da Fonseca in Coimbra. She performed her professional activity at the Hospitals of the University of Coimbra, where she was responsible for several services, including the Dermatology and Venerology Service of and of Medical Clinic and at the Dr. Ângelo …
Mavilde, body and soul nurse The life of Nurse Mavilde Melo is deeply linked to the Hospital Colónia Rovisco Pais (HCRP), as this place is part of her memories and that of several family members who developed and develop professional activities there. When she was placed at the HCRP, her sister Isabel, had already worked …
Sister Emília and the Daughters of Charity Sister Maria Emília Bernardino was born in 1933, in a village called Azinheira near Rio Maior. At the age of 22 she went to the Hospital da Misericórdia de Águeda, where nursing was provided by sisters Daughters of Charity of S. Vicente de Paulo. She was there for …
Suspended lives, multiple supports Manuel lived in a village near Portela do Fojo, about 17 km from Pampilhosa da Serra. Born in 1916, he was one of nine children born from a union between two inhabitants of the village. Some brothers still remained in the area, already with their families, others had left for Lisbon …
One family, one house António went to the hospital afraid but hoping to be healed. When he entered he underwent a rigorous medical examination that included an exhaustive photographic record of the disease injuries. A huge questionnaire on symptoms, family history and economic and social conditions, whose answers were filled out by nurses, doctors …
One patient, two diseases Artur was admitted to the Hospital Colónia Rovisco Pais in 1957, was 58 years old, single and lived alone, and on what he cultivated. Born and resident in Fafe, he was identified by a Medical Brigade. His health status was worrying from what is described. In 1964 his clinical case …
Alzira, external patient Alzira was born in 1910 in Parada de Cima and lived in Calvão (Vagos). The first symptoms of the disease were the feeling of numbness in the feet, but she didn’t know what it was. In November 1948, she was tracked by a Medical Brigade at the Hospital Colónia Rovisco …
Ana, a life in the hospital Ana was born in Monção – Viana do Castelo, in 1935. She lived with her mother in a house without a bathroom and without piped water and basic sanitation. She did not know her father, who had died of leprosy. The mother never had symptoms. Ana started having …
