Someone with political weight, without ideologies and with negotiating skills. This is how the representatives of health professionals describe the profile they expect from the next Minister of Health: a person who knows the terrain — and that this field is not only public management or the private sector, but the health system as a whole.
It’s not that the union presidents and leaders were totally surprised by Marta Temido’s resignation: they were convinced it would happen, they just didn’t know when. Prime Minister António Costa admitted that the death of another pregnant woman in the care of a hospital was the straw that broke the camel’s back for the resignation announced in the early hours of Tuesday. But there had already been previous requests from the minister: it is the prime minister who decided to accept the resignation “this time”. I just didn’t say what the other times were.
Who succeeds Feared? “I haven’t thought about it yet,” says Costa, who will only replace “when appropriate”
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Source: Observadora
