Doctor Heino Folmer offers accessible and professional general practitioner care to residents and visitors of the Algarve and surroundings. By listening carefully, asking questions and answering them, he tries to get a clear picture of what is going on with you and what is important to you. Together with you, he will try to make a responsible choice to help you further, either by treating your problem himself or by referring you to another care provider, suitable for your situation.

    Naast reIn addition to regular GP care, the practice offers:

    • Laboratory tests (blood, urine, stools)
    • Treatment of acute ear infections
    • Thrombosis service (INR determination)
    • Influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations
    • Vaccinations and travel advice
    • Driving licence tests (Portuguese and Dutch)
    • Anti-inflammatory injections (e.g. in shoulders)
    • IUD removal
    • Insertion/removal of an implantation rod
    • Ear syringing
    • Check-ups and advice for:
      • Diabetes Mellitus
      • Cardiovascular diseases, including ECGs
      • COPD
      • Stopping smoking
    • Minor surgical operation
    • Stitching of wounds
    • Removal of stitches
    • Health check and lifestyle advice

    Minor surgical operations

    Doctor Heino Folmer has a lot of experience in performing surgical operations and can perform them in his practice. After an intake interview, in which he examines what kind of abnormality it concerns, he assesses whether the operation is possible. After that, an appointment is made for the operation itself. These are carried out in the doctor’s surgery under local anaesthetic. If necessary, the removed tissue is sent for further examination.

    Examples of operations that are performed:

    • Treatment of an ingrown toenail
    • Removal of birthmarks
    • Removal of sebaceous cysts and lumps of fat
    • Removal/freezing of warts
    • Removal/freezing of fibroids and other skin protrusions

    Health check & lifestyle advice

    It is good to consider the state of your health from time to time Sometimes you may be uncertain as to whether or not you need to visit the doctor. To help you with this, a number of situations are described below in which it may be useful to make an appointment for a check-up:

    • You have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, kidney damage or diabetes.
    • There are hereditary diseases in your family, such as hereditary tumours or diabetes.
    • You have the feeling that you are living unhealthy and you want to actively improve your lifestyle.
    • You want to stop smoking.

    In these cases, it is wise to make an appointment for the consultation hour so that you can be helped to improve your health.