With over 60 years of existence, today Joaquim ChavesSaúde has a reinforced position and recognized importance in the area of medicine in Portugal.  Joaquim ChavesSaúde (JCS) is a Portuguese group operating exclusively in the health sector, since 1959. It has been playing an important role in the progress of medicine, with competency and high quality standards, providing health care for general population, through a path of accuracy and quality.  Since the creation of Dr. Joaquim Chaves Clinical Analysis Lab, the first company of the group, JCS has steadily expanded in the health sector by successively opening modern units in Continental Portugal, Madeira and Azores. Special emphasis has always been given to Lab areas – Clinical Analysis, Medical Clinics, Oncological Treatment and Mental Health.  The excellence of our health professionals, the wide clinical and technical intervention area and our sophisticated means for diagnosis and therapy, all together in modern facilities, make JCS one of the leading actors when it comes to health care providing in Portugal. In 2014, JCS started its global expansion.