The PSD and IL proposed on Tuesday to summon former Socialist minister Marta Temido and the son of the President of the Republic, Nuno Rebelo de Sousa, to the parliamentary committee investigating the twins’ case. The PS also intends to hear from her son. President of the Republic. The PSD also asked to hear from Manuel Pizarro.
According to the request of the parliamentary investigative commission, the PS demanded to hear 14 people.
In the document, the Socialists refuse to name the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and the former Minister of Health, Marta Temido, like other parliamentary groups.
According to a list of more than 20 names to which the Luza agency had access, the Social Democrats want to name former health ministers Marta Temido and Manuel Pizarro, former Secretary of State António Lacerda Sales, his then secretary and chief of staff to former Prime Minister António Costa at the time of the events Francisco Andre. IL asked 18 people to listen.
The PSD also proposes to request statements from the son of the President of the Republic, Nuno Rebelo de Sousa, former President of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce of São Paulo, and from the parents of the children.
The PSD list also included the President of the Institute of Registers and Notaries (IRN), the President of Infarmed, Rui Santos Ivo, President of the local health department of Santa Maria, as well as Daniel Ferro, who was President of the Board of Directors of the Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte between 2019 and 2021 , as well as Luis Pinheiro, former clinical director of this medical unit.
The Social Democrats also want to hear the opinion of the director of neuropediatrics of the Don Estefania Hospital, the coordinator of neuropediatrics of the Santa Maria Hospital, the director of pediatrics of the same department Teresa Moreno, the doctor of the Santa Maria Hospital José Pedro Vieira, the neuropediatrician of the Faro Hospital, the doctors who challenged the treatment in a letter sent the director of the clinic, the Commission on Pharmacy and Therapeutics, and the director of physical medicine and rehabilitation services.
IL, which is represented in the commission by Joana Cordeiro, also wants to hear from the chief of staff of former Prime Minister António Costa, the former Secretary of State for Portuguese Communities Berta Nunez and the former president of the board of directors of the Center Hospitalar Universitário. Lisbon Norte (CHULN) and the current Minister of Health, Ana Paula Martins.
Regarding documentation, the PSD wants Parliament to have access to the clinical history of the two children in Brazil and Portugal, documents related to the granting of Portuguese citizenship, “emails from the Civil Chamber of the President of the Republic.” and government correspondence regarding this case, as well as all documentation and correspondence exchanged between the Office of the Secretary of Health and the Santa Maria Hospital.
The Social Democrats are also asking for the opinion of the National Commission of Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics on the use of the drug Zolgensma, the internal audit of the Santa Maria Hospital and “elements of the investigation received by the General Prosecutor’s Office (including the conclusions reached by the Ministry). The public during the investigation)”.
The Parliamentary Inquiry Committee will meet on Wednesday to discuss hearing and documentation requests submitted by the parties, appoint an alternate rapporteur, review and vote on draft regulations, review and vote on the schedule and establish a working methodology.
We are talking about the treatment in 2020 of two twins living in Brazil and who received Portuguese citizenship with the drug Zolgensma. The drug, which costs four million euros (two million euros per person), is designed to control the spread of spinal muscular atrophy, a neurodegenerative disease.
The case was published by TVI last November and is still being investigated by the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGR), with IGAS having already concluded that access to neuropediatric consultation for these children was unlawful.
Santa Maria Hospital’s internal audit also concluded that the state Department of Health’s first appointment at the hospital was the only exception to compliance in this case.
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