The PS of Coimbra defended this Wednesday the choice of this city to host the national headquarters of the executive directorate of the National Health Service (SNS), in a building donated by the municipality.
In a statement, the four socialist councillors, the leader of the caucus in the Municipal Assembly and the president of the Political Commission of the PS Concelhia considered that Coimbra “meets, in itself, all the political, technical and logistical conditions to receive the installation of the executive management of the SNS.
Either because of its centrality in the Region and in the Country, because of the excellence of the health training of its care units, because of the clinical research centers of excellence and international reputation, or because of the support of its staff with the highest academic preparation. and professional. , sent this Tuesday to the Lusa agency.
For the Socialists of Coimbra“António Arnaut and Mário Mendes, creators of the SNS, deserve that their city be considered for the installation of the headquarters of the executive management of the SNS”.
The mayors and leaders of the PS also want to see the municipality involved in the process, through the availability of a building to house the new entity.
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The Socialists of Coimbra point out that the Minister of Health, Manuel Pizarro, acknowledged on Tuesday that “the Government has a strong will to decentralize” and that “the location of the headquarters of national public bodies outside the city of Lisbon also makes sense, according to the return process.
According to the statement, the Minister of Health said that “there is no Portuguese city that cannot host the SNS headquarters, which will naturally depend on the specific buildings that are available.”
Source: Observadora
