The Minister of Health said this Friday that the maternity hospital at the Santa Maria Hospital (Lisbon) is “fully operational”, but acknowledged that there is a “period of conflict” between the administration and the obstetrics doctors.
“I believe that after this period of conflict there will be dialogue, but I want to insist on this point: motherhood is fully functional and the population should feel at ease about it,” Manuel Pizarro said in statements to journalists in Oeiras. .
“Differences of opinion” are normal in a “democratic society,” also stressed the official, who “called for calm in this debate,” saying the situation at the country’s largest hospital was the result of “great news.” investment in your maternity ward.