The practice is recurrent, but, in these cases, unlike what happened with the former SUS CEO, it is not illegal. As those responsible are not managers, they are not subject to the duty of exclusivity.
Three of the four current regional heads of INEM have already accumulated functions, such as Gandra d’Almeida, who resigned from the executive direction of the National Health Service after the for more than two years, the functions of director of INEM do Norte, based in Porto, with those of duty doctor in the emergency rooms of Faro and Portimão.
this Wednesday that at least three people responsible for INEM’s regional delegations accumulate or have accumulated functions outside of the institute.
According to the same source, employees provide services in public hospitals.
The practice is recurrent, but, in these cases, it is not illegal. As these responsible persons are not managers, they are not subject to the duty of exclusivity.
They can, therefore, work overtime within INEM and accumulate paid positions in both the public and private sector.
Gandra d’Almeida received more than 200 thousand euros
The SIC Investigation issued on Friday reveals that the current executive director of the SNS the role of director of INEM do Norte, based in Porto, with duties of doctor in the Emergency Rooms of Faro and Portimão.
The law says it is incompatible, but António Gandra D’Almeida managed to get INEM to give him authorization with the guarantee that he would not receive a salary.
However, according to documents to which SIC had access, Gandra D’Almeida received more than 200 thousand euros for these shifts.
