The Parliamentary Health Committee approves Chiga’s request to hear from the Minister of SNS – Politics

The Parliamentary Health Committee on Wednesday approved a request from the Chiga Party to hold a hearing with Health Minister Manuel Pizarro on the National Health Service (SNS), the head of the parliamentary committee told Lusa News Agency.

Deputies of the Health Committee analyzed and voted on another request by Chiga to hold a hearing with the Minister of Health “on the contract for the development of the communication strategy for the Executive Directorate of the National Health Service,” which was rejected by the House of Representatives. Note: said Antonio Malo from Abreu.

Request by BE to hold an urgent hearing for women resigned from the obstetric service of the Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte (CHULN), the Board of Directors of the Hospital Center, which includes the Santa Maria Hospital, and the Minister of Health as well. The Socialist Party refused to expel a number of doctors specializing in obstetrics due to deteriorating working and care conditions.”

Request from the Civil Police to hold an urgent hearing from the Minister, the National Union of Doctors, the Portuguese Nurses Union and the former Director of the Obstetrics Service of the Hospital de Santa Maria “in connection with the departure of professionals from the Obstetrics and Gynecology Service of the Hospital de Santa Maria and the consequences for pregnant women in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley area” It was also rejected by the Socialist Party.

According to Malu de Abreu, the Socialist Party also rejected a request from the Liberal Initiative (IL) to hold an urgent hearing for Manuel Pizarro “to provide all clarifications regarding the inaccessibility of pregnant women to obstetric ultrasound in the SNS, and the contractual conditions.” Agreements related to these ultrasounds with the private sector, and actions taken by the government.”