Ministry of Health (Portugal)

The Ministry of Health is a Portuguese government ministry. The minister is Ana Paula Martins, she is a pharmacist and a politician. Her deputies are Cristina Vaz Tomé and Ana Povo.

List of ministers

In June 2024, police raided the ministry in an investigation into whether officials broke laws by giving preferential access to a costly medical treatment to baby twins whose family had sought help from the president. The parliamentary opposition, Chega, has criticized the health ministry over the issue and set up a parliamentary committee to look into the case.