The former president of the PSD, Rui Rio, commented this Friday on the social network X on the role of the president in the case of Portuguese-Brazilian twins being treated at the Santa Maria Hospital.
“Could it be that in this case we could also use for public consumption that bookplate of political communication, full of conviction and sincerity, which says: “Guilt cannot die alone… It hurts the one it hurts”?” , the newspaper wrote. social democrat.
This Friday, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa explained the refusal of the President to hand over the emails on this case to the General Inspectorate of Medical Activities (IGAS). “The president sent all the documentation to the deputy in December. The deputy considered it a judicial secret,” the head of state said.
In June 2020, the twins were irregularly treated with the drug Zolgensma for spinal muscular atrophy, IGAS confirmed this Thursday. The treatment cost the state four million euros.
Intervention by the State Department of Health in scheduling the first visit may have given the twins a possible advantage in accessing SNS. IGAS will send a final report to the Ministry of Justice.