CUF Porto Hospital

Hospital CUF Porto is a private tertiary care hospital in Porto, Portugal, operated by José de Mello Saúde, the country's largest private healthcare group. Opened in 2014 in the Boavista district, it represents the CUF network's principal facility in northern Portugal and serves as a regional referral centre for complex elective and acute cases. The hospital holds Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation, placing it among a small number of Portuguese private hospitals to meet that international quality standard. Clinical services cover cardiology and cardiac surgery, oncology integrated within the CUF Oncologia network, orthopaedics, neurology, ophthalmology, reproductive medicine, general surgery, and paediatrics. The cardiac programme supports interventional cardiology, cardiac surgery including coronary artery bypass grafting, and a dedicated cardiac intensive care unit. The oncology department delivers medical, surgical, and day-unit systemic therapy in coordination with CUF's broader oncology infrastructure. An international patient coordination service assists overseas visitors with pre-travel medical record review, written cost estimates, English-language clinical liaison, and discharge documentation. Porto is served by Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport, approximately ten kilometres from the hospital, offering direct connections to major European cities and facilitating access for patients travelling from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and elsewhere. Procedure costs align with Portuguese private-hospital pricing, which is substantially below comparable private facilities in Western Europe or the United States.