The President of the Republic said, this Wednesday, February 8, that "alarmism does not make sense" regarding the possible effects of an earthquake in the most susceptible areas of the country, recalling that only after hearing the specialists "will it be seen" which issues put themselves.
"I follow what the Order of Engineers says about alarmism not making sense in terms of a pessimistic view of the effects of a possible earthquake on the framework of seismic regions in our country", said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on the sidelines of the ceremony. delivery of the Bial Prize for Clinical Medicine, which took place at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP).
Speaking to journalists, the head of state said that "only after listening to the specialists will it be seen exactly, and without alarmism (...), which issues may occur precisely in a specific situation or more generally".
Questioned about the project for the future Hospital of Lisbon Oriental presenting “serious flaws”, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa assured that the Government “is following up” the matter.
On Monday, in an interview with TVI/CNN, professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico Mário Lopes said that «the main hospitals in Lisbon and in the south of Portugal will collapse in the next big earthquake» and that «the future central hospital in Lisbon will suffer of a historical design error».
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