Luís Portela, Chairman of the BIAL Foundation, was awarded on October 23 with the Health Services Management Award, given by the Portuguese Medical Association's Competence in Health Services Management, as a tribute for his life as an entrepreneur.
The ceremony took place in the Noble Hall of the Northern Regional Section of the Portuguese Medical Association, and featured speeches by Lurdes Gandra, Secretary of the Northern Regional Section of the Portuguese Medical Association, Duarte Nuno Vieira, President of the College of the Portuguese Medical Association's Competence in Health Services Management, Miguel Guimarães, President of the Portuguese Medical Association, and the honouree himself.
This annual award aims to distinguish a medical doctor who, throughout his professional career, has distinguished himself in the Area of Management in Health Services, in Portugal.
The eighth edition of the Award joins the name of Luís Portela to that of medical doctors such as Manuel Antunes, Eduardo Barroso, Manuel Sobrinho Simões, José Guimarães dos Santos, Germano de Sousa, Vítor Ramos and Carlos Freire de Oliveira.
