The cook Guilhermina Guilhermina was from S. João da Pesqueira and came to work at the Hospital Colónia Rovisco Pais in 1968. Her brother-in-law was already working there, as head of the kitchen and at one point she called her brother. “As it didn’t make sense for my husband to be at the Torch and …
Dr. Tereso and the Rovisco Pais Hospital Dr. José Tereso at the CMRRC Ordinance, 2020 Dr. José Tereso is a native of the Torch, was born in the year of the opening of the Hospital Colónia Rovisco Pais, is a doctor, and in the scope of his professional activity he performed functions and various positions …
Fernando and his second home Mr. Fernando lives with three other companions at Pousadinha, one of the buildings that used to be part of the former Colónia Rovisco Pais Hospital (HCRP), where he now receives all the care provided by the Center for Rehabilitation Medicine in the Centro Region. We went to meet him in …
The laboratory, by Mr. Rainho Laboratory HCRP 1968 Mr. Jorge Rainho Costa has worked in the Laboratory of the former Hospital Colónia Rovisco Pais (HCRP) since 1968 and told how this service worked. He confided that: “I was the last one to leave, and whoever closed the door!” And so, since his retirement, in 2000, …
Memories of Dr. Santos Silva Dr. Vítor Santos Silva was born in the year that the Hospital Colónia Rovisco Pais (HCRP) was inaugurated and his father – Dr. Manuel dos Santos Silva – was appointed member of the respective Installation Committee (27-09-1947). He grew up surrounded by the more or less evident reference to the …
Irene. Involution and conversion of the Hospital Irene Louro graduated from the School of Nursing of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady in Porto. Before working at Hospital Rovisco Pais, he had worked at Hospital de Aveiro, Hospital de Cantanhede and at School of Nursing of Guarda. For personal reasons, she opted for the hospital …
Initial contribution to José’s journey Dr. José Azenha Cardoso was at Hospital Rovisco Pais as a general practitioner between 1982 and 1986. He recalls that at that time there were no longer many patients at the Hospital and that “most of them were institutionalized. They were people who had little or no family, socially separated, …
Maria Emília and Social Work Mrs. Maria Emília Monteiro Pais Alves is from Bragança. She went to Coimbra shortly after finishing high school, to attend Escola Normal Social. The enthusiasm with the social service area arose from contact with the technician who worked in his area of residence. At that time, the Escola Normal Social …
Vítor, memories, medicine and radiology Dr. Vítor Carvalheiro is from a village in the municipality of Montemor-o-Velho, Bunhosa, near the Tocha. Its origin ended up being decisive in the connection to the Hospital Rovisco Pais as it shared in the beginning of our conversation: “I had a great connection to all that, even today I …
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 …
