Nelson Teich suggests in a video that young people should have priority over the elderly (watch).
"In healthcare, money is limited and choices are unavoidable," says Nelson Teich, suggesting that young people have priority over the elderly, in a video from April 2019.
247 - Appointed by Jair Bolsonaro as the new Minister of Health, Nelson Teich has already stated in a video that "in healthcare, money is limited and choices are inevitable," and suggests that young people have priority over the elderly.
The statement made no reference to the coronavirus pandemic. The video was published on the Instituto Oncoguia website., in a section dedicated to the 9th National Oncoguia Forum - Complexity of the Brazilian Health System. The video was posted on YouTube on April 25, 2019.
In his first speech as Minister of Health this Thursday, the 16thHe announced a "testing program" for Brazil to confront the pandemic, said there will be no abrupt changes to the social isolation rules currently practiced, and defended science and technology as the basis for decisions to be made.
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