Liberal Initiative says firing for crimes against belief is unacceptable

The Liberal Initiative considered this Friday the dismissal for insulting opinion unacceptable, noting that the government did not explain the reasons for the resignation of the director of the department of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive medicine of the Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte.

“There is a point here that the government has not yet clarified, what are the reasons for the resignation of Diogo Aires de Campos, why the resignation of a person who participated in several projects, who was in charge of several monitoring committees and who, from one moment to another, he is fired,” said President of the Liberal Initiative Rui Rocha to journalists in Batalha (Leiria).

Citing that “the reason for this resignation is to be contrary to a certain vision that the government may have”, Rui Rocha emphasized: “We are not in a country where dismissal for the crime of opinion is acceptable.”

“If this is so, then this worries us very much, especially at a time when other voices are heard saying that there are instructions from the ministry itself. [da Saúde] silencing consultants, silencing health actors and therefore if there is an attempt here, because things end up going wrong, silencing people, trying not to let it go, it’s very serious,” he said .

According to the leader of the Liberal Initiative, the party that will convene the debate on health for the next 30 years in the Assembly of the Republic, “if there is another major problem here, then the government should take it upon itself.”

Diogo Aires de Campos, director of the department of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive medicine at the Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, was fired for doubts about the restructuring project at the Santa Maria hospital and the collaboration with San Francisco Xavier.

According to a memo from Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte released on Monday, the leadership of the OB/GYN and Reproductive Medicine department has taken positions that “repeatedly called into question the working design and process of collaboration with the San Francisco Hospital. Xavier, during work in the new HSM maternity hospital [Hospital Santa Maria]”.

It was announced today that the heads and deputy heads of emergency teams, with the exception of one, from the obstetric service of Santa Maria Hospital in Lisbon have resigned from their positions, the National Federation of Physicians (FNAM) Lusa has confirmed. agency.

On the reasons for the resignation of the persons in charge, reported to SIC Notícias, FNAM President Joana Bordalo i Sa stated that this follows from the fact that the Board of Directors announced the closure of the obstetric service due to the work of the new Santa Maria maternity hospital, which is part of the Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte (CHULN).