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Book asks to hear Marta Temido and Lacerda Sales in the case of the twins

The Book today suggested hearing from the former Minister of Health Marta Temido and the former Secretary of State António Lacerda Sales, as well as "all the doctors" who accompanied the children in Portugal, in the inquiry committee into the case of the twins.

Book asks to hear Marta Temido and Lacerda Sales in the case of the twins
Notícias ao Minuto

22:18 - 28/05/24 por Lusa

Política Caso das gémeas

According to the request submitted to the parliamentary inquiry committee, to which the Lusa agency had access, the party requests the testimonies of the president of Infarmed, Rui Santos Ivo, the former president of the Board of Directors of the Lisbon North University Hospital Center (CHULN) Daniel Ferro, the parents of the twins, the clinical director of CHULN, Luís Pinheiro, and the president of the Institute of Registries and Notaries, Filomena Rosa. 

Unlike other political forces, it makes no reference to the President of the Republic or his son, Nuno Rebelo de Sousa.

Regarding the documentation, Livre --- represented on the committee by Paulo Muacho --- requests the report of the General Inspectorate of Health Activities (IGAS), clinical records and the nationality attribution process.

The parliamentary inquiry committee will meet on Wednesday to, among other things, appoint the rapporteur, consider and vote on the draft regulation, consider and vote on the time grid and establish the methodology for operation.

At issue is the treatment, in 2020, of two twin girls living in Brazil who acquired Portuguese nationality, with the drug Zolgensma. With a total cost of four million euros (two million euros per person), this drug aims to control the spread of spinal muscular atrophy, a neurodegenerative disease.

The case was disclosed by TVI last November, and is still being investigated by the Attorney General's Office (PGR) and IGAS has already concluded that access to these children's neuropediatric consultation was illegal.

An internal audit by the Santa Maria Hospital also concluded that the scheduling of an initial hospital consultation by the State Secretariat for Health was the only exception to compliance with the rules in this case.

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