Minister of Health must stay at least until Easter. You have 4 missions to complete

Despite recognizing the wear and tear, Ana Paula Martins wants to complete the emergency room reform, changes to the staff regime, the new INEM organic law and a draft of the new Basic Health Law before leaving.

Despite recent controversies and pressure to resign, the Minister of Health, Ana Paula Martins, is expected to remain in office at least until Easter 2026.

In private conversations with the unions, Ana Paula Martins has recognized the fatigue and exhaustion caused by the demands of the position. However, the goal is to achieve this by the end of the year emergency room reformas changes to the tariff system ea new INEM organic lawin addition to leaving a draft of the new Basic Health Law.

After all, according to , all this should only be completed in the first quarter of 2026 and the minister should not leave before Easter.

The Umo Cami case marked a difficult week for the minister. After transmitting incorrect information in Parliament about the victim’s clinical follow-up, he ended up dismiss the hospital administrationassuming the institution’s error.

Close sources interviewed by Expresso admit that “she is taking too many hits“, but the Government decided to politically shield the minister. Montenegro avoided responding directly about her continuity and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paulo Rangel, publicly defended her, saying that the attacks on the minister were motivated by her fight against vested interests in Health.

At the same time, the conflict with the doctors on duty worsened, with threats to stop the emergency services. Still, the Government decided to buy the war and maintain the reduction in salariesbelieving that the measure could generate political gains among doctors and public opinion.

Internally, the Executive recognizes that Ana Paula Martins is politically weakened, but considers that her departure, in the midst of a hospital crisis and on the eve of winter, It would be a strategic mistake. “It won’t be easy”, admits a close source heard by Expresso

For now, Ana Paula Martins remains in office, supported by the Prime Minister and the commitment to complete structural reforms that he promised.