“What about our hospital, which was an electoral promise made by the government to the Algarve? We are almost halfway through our term! It is necessary to have a clear answer», defended this Thursday António Pina, the president of the Intermunicipal Community of the Algarve (AMAL), in a session that took place in Faro and was attended by Minister Manuel Heitor.
The president of the Chamber of Olhão, elected by the PS, took advantage of the presence of the government official at the ceremony of signing a protocol between AMAL, the University of Algarve and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, at the Gambelas Campus of that institution. higher education, to leave a message to the Government.
"It's been two years now and the Government hasn't said anything about when it starts and about the financing of the new Hospital Central do Algarve," said António Pina, during the session.
Shortly afterwards, in statements to journalists, the socialist mayor reinforced the request and explained why he had done so.
«Today we couldn't stop asking the minister a question and defying him to alert the Council of Ministers that the Algarve has given a lot to the country. First, because, having 3% of the population, it contributes 5% of the National GDP. During the pandemic, the region received patients from across the country. we had a Algarve Biomedical Center which helped to create testing dynamics throughout the national territory. Now, we are going to finance a course in which more than half of the trained doctors will go to various parts of the country other than the Algarve», he framed.
"And I want to make it clear to everyone, since the argument used by some rulers was that the living forces of the region had not yet understood the location, this theme is already unanimous for us: it is to put the 2nd, the 3rd, the 4th and all the other stones needed next to the 1st that have already been placed in Loulé [in Parque das Cidades]», added António Pina.
In his speech, at the end of the session, Manuel Heitor did not ignore the request of the AMAL president, although he did not respond properly. He only promised to bring the matter "to the attention" of his colleague in Government Marta Temido, responsible for the Health portfolio.
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