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Daniela Martins, mother of the Portuguese-Brazilian twins treated in Portugal with Zolgensma, the most expensive medicine in the world.
Daniela Martins also sued TVI, CNN Portugal, journalist Sandra Felgueiras and Brazilian reporter Nelson Garrone. The twins are well and evolving well in Brazil.
The mother of the Luso-Brazilian twins who, in 2020, were treated at the Santa Maria hospital with one of the most expensive medicines in the world, Zolgensma, filed a criminal complaint against António Levy Gomesthe director of neuropediatrics of the Lisboeta Hospital responsible for denouncing alleged favors in access to treatment, which marked the country’s political and media agenda for over a year and involved the name of the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
According to, the criminal complaint delivered to the prosecutor also extends to the TVIhas CNN Portugalto the journalist Sandra Felgueiras and to Brazilian reporter Nelson Garrone, involved in the reports that brought the case public.
According to family lawyer, Wilson Bicalho, potential crimes of defamation, slander, violation of professional secrecy, recordings and illicit photographs, Devassa of private life, improper exposure of personal data and even psychological abuse to minors.
According to the same lawyer, the defense intends to hold the targets for the damages suffered, both in the criminal and civilian plan, and a claim for compensation is already being calculated. THE Final amount is still being calculatedand will be defined in a autonomous process, will take into account factors such as the excessive mediatization of children, the dissemination of sensitive data and the family’s home, the profits obtained by the media with the reports, as well as the emotional and psychological impact on the gemstones.
Beyond this criminal complaint, Rui Paulo Sousaarrival deputy and chairman of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) to the case, presented a participation in the Bar Association against Wilson Bicalho, accusing him of refusing to respond to deputies based on professional secrecy. The process, however, was considered without just cause.
Twins are well, in Brazil
As for the children involved in the long case, the defense confirms that they currently live in Brazil and are well and to evolve well, confirms the lawyer.
It is recalled that the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry has concluded that There was “special intervention by the Civil House of Presidency” in access to the drugand “” by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa although without any proven illegality. It was found, however, that emails sent by the son of the President of the Republic Nuno Rebelo de Sousa and the appointment of the first consultation through the State Department of Health were the origin of the case monitoring to the highest political level.
