Mário Cruz / Lusa
Santa Maria Hospital, Lisbon
The decision to remove Rui Tato Marinho was made after the Board of Directors consult the preliminary audits on irregularities in surgeries performed in extra hours.
The scandal around the surgeries paid to the weight of gold continues to cause casualties at the Santa Maria hospital. After, the hospital’s clinical director, Rui Tato Marinhoit was now also fired. According to the decision, the decision was taken by the chairman of the Board of Directors, Carlos Martins, after receiving the result of the audits.
It is recalled that the controversy began after an TVI report was reported by the case of dermatologist Miguel Alpalhão, who in 10 days with surgeries done in extra time. Since then, more similar cases have been discovered that have been posted at question the entire Integrated Surgery Management System (Sigic), which serves to reduce waiting lists through financial incentives for doctors.
The now dismissed director stated that it never received emails Regarding the irregularities, but the TVI report indicated that Tato Marinho received communications about surgery.
Preliminary audits on the case, which arrived at the board of directors last week, will have dictated the removal of the clinician because they confirm the existence of irregularitiesas the classification of various simple procedures such as outpatient surgeries so that doctors could receive the large values.
Rui Tato Marinho’s successor will be ANA ISABEL LOPESthe director of the pediatric service, which is also involved in the Case of Portuguese-Brazilian twins. It was this doctor who received the call made by the secretary of former Secretary of State for Health, António Lacerda Lopes, to give order to mark the consultation of the twins, who received a treatment of 4 million euros paid by the NHS.
For now, Ana Isabel Lopes will be as a substitution clinical director until approved by the Recruitment and Selection Committee for Public Administration (Cresap).
