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The Regional Government, through the Regional Secretariat of Health and Civil Protection, has appointed doctor Jose Eduardo Tomas Cunha de Freitas to the position of General Coordinator of the Health Center Group of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (ACES), in accordance with Order no. 168/2026.
The appointment, on a service commission for a period of three years, follows the cessation of duties of Fabio Manuel Farinha Camacho. The new coordinator is a Graduate Assistant in the special medical career with a specialty in General and Family Medicine and has an extensive curriculum in regional public health, having served as Health Delegate for the Municipality of Santa Cruz and as a member of the SESARAM Emergency, Catastrophe and Biological Risk Commission.
Filipe Jorge Januário Velosa de Sousa, a Political Science graduate, takes on the role of deputy in Secretary Micaela Freitas' cabinet.
The Regional Government has authorized the distribution of budget commitments for the 2026-2028 triennium for the Long-Term Care and Maintenance Unit of Lar D' Ajuda.
Worker David Rodrigo da Silva Costa has successfully completed his probationary period as a Technical Assistant at IASAÚDE, IP-RAM.