The Liberal Initiative (IL) announced on Tuesday a request for an urgent hearing from former Health Minister Marta Temido over alleged favoritism of twin spinal muscular atrophy sufferers in access to Zolgensma treatment. The case dates back to 2019 and was reported by TVI/CNN International.
The party also wants to hear from the Health Committee the former President of the Board of Directors of the Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Daniel Ferro, and the current President of the Board of Directors of the Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Ana Paula Martins.
“In our view, it is vital that the Health Commission clarify whether it is indeed possible that access to treatment in the NHS can be effectively driven by senior political interference at the expense of clinical judgment and ignorance of hospital management,” it said. which CM had access.
According to IL, if the suspicions against the then health minister and the then health minister are confirmed, the country will face another “very serious abuse of power by the socialist government over institutions.”
Author: Diogo Carreira
Source: CM Jornal
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