António Gandra de Almeida

politician

António Gandra de Almeida is a prominent Portuguese medical professional who served as the executive director of the Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS) from May 2024 to January 2025. He has been in the news due to allegations concerning the authorization of increased hourly payments for medical services provided by himself while he was in office. Gandra D'Almeida has publicly denied any wrongdoing, asserting that he did not personally benefit from the payment increase and that his authorization was a routine procedural matter. He emphasized that he was unaware that the authorization applied to his own contract until after the fact and has pledged to cooperate with ongoing investigations by the Inspecção-Geral das Actividades em Saúde (IGAS).