Type
Business expansion
Country
Portugal
Region
Continente; Oeste e Vale do Tejo; Lezíria do Tejo
Location of affected unit(s)
Santarém
Sector
Health / Social work
86 - Human health activities
86.1 - Hospital activities
86.10 - Hospital activities

400 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
3 June 2026
Employment effect (start)
31 December 2026
Foreseen end date
31 March 2027

Description

Grupo Luz Saúde, a Portuguese healthcare Group, will open the Hospital da Luz Ribatejo in Santarém following an investment of €59 million. The new hospital will create 400 direct jobs and is expected to begin operating by the end of 2026, with services being introduced progressively during the first quarter of 2027.

The new unit will provide outpatient consultations, diagnostic and therapeutic services, surgery, inpatient care, intensive care, oncology treatment and emergency services. The hospital is expected to serve around 500,000 people in the Ribatejo region.


Citation

Eurofound (2026), Hospital da Luz, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 300748, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/300748.