Supreme Court asks the Government for information about Amorim's management of the Health Ministry.
The statement was made by Governor Jackson Barreto (PMDB); according to him, the State received a request for information from the Supreme Federal Court (STF) regarding the waivers of bidding processes for the purchase of medicines during Eduardo Amorim's (PSC) tenure as head of the State Health Secretariat in 2003 and 2004; according to the governor, Amorim, while serving as secretary, purchased medicines for the State without bidding for a year from a laboratory located in Maceió, but when the headquarters of this establishment were sought, a mechanic's workshop was found at the location; "the shortfall of R$ 178 million," said JB.
Sergipe 247 - Governor Jackson Barreto (PMDB) said yesterday that the State received a request for information from the Supreme Federal Court (STF) regarding the waivers of bidding processes for the purchase of medicines during Eduardo Amorim's (PSC) tenure as head of the State Health Secretariat in 2003 and 2004. "We had already received a request from Cezar Peluso, who was the rapporteur for the case. Now the new request came from Minister Luís Roberto Barroso," he stated during an interview with radio Cultura AM.
According to him, Eduardo Amorim, while serving as secretary, purchased medicines for the state for a year, without bidding, from a laboratory located in Maceió. “When they went to look for the headquarters of this laboratory, they found a mechanic's workshop,” he said. “Eduardo Amorim was dismissed by the governor himself at the time, João Alves Filho, and left a deficit of R$ 178 million, which is what is being investigated by the Supreme Federal Court,” he accused. “He now says that healthcare is in chaos, but forgets that, as secretary, he left eight hospitals closed. Amorim thinks the people are fools,” he stated.
Still speaking about Health, Jackson Barreto promised that, if re-elected, he will focus on improving care for people. “We carried out many projects, we restructured the network, because it was destroyed. We reopened hospitals, built dozens of clinics and thus created the best infrastructure in the interior to receive, for example, doctors from the federal Mais Médicos program. What we invested in health is enough to improve care. Now we will work to ensure there are no shortages of medicines, we will create specialty clinics to provide care to the population that needs to have MRI scans and electrocardiograms,” he promised.
JB also said that it is necessary to give a "new purpose" to the Military Police Hospital. "The building has very little use today, while the State needs more beds. We will deal with this problem. I intend to discuss with the Assembly a way to integrate the HPM into the SUS (Unified Health System). It would be a reinforcement for Huse (Hospital de Urgência de Sergipe), especially for the orthopedic area," he stated.
When questioned about how the state has been treating drug addicts, the governor said he will build new psychosocial support centers (CAPs) and advocated for a complete change in the policy for assisting these individuals. “I don’t believe in the recovery of drug addicts with treatment that isn’t continuous. The federal government is failing by not having a more in-depth policy from the point of view of continuous treatment. Governors should discuss a new treatment with the federal government, one that has continuity,” he reiterated.