Few figures in Portuguese health have accumulated as many public, private and institutional positions over the last two decades as Eurico Castro Alves. Doctor-surgeonformer president of Infarmed, former Secretary of State for Health, leader of the Medical Association, president of the National Health Convention, coordinator of the Health Emergency and Transformation Plan and businessman in consultancy, training, private health and cannabis medicine, Castro Alves became one of the most influential — and most scrutinized — figures in the sector.
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