The Ministry of Health (MINSA) last Sunday appealed to the medical community and other actors in the health system for calm and serenity.
In reaction to the death of Doctor Sílvio Dala, which occurred on the 1st of this month in a police station, after being questioned by a member of the National Police for not wearing a face mask in his vehicle, MINSA appeals to health professionals not to give up in the mission of saving lives.
In the message of condolences to which ANGOP had access last Sunday, the ministerial department says that it joins the other institutions of the Executive, especially the Attorney General's Office and the Ministry of the Interior, which instituted a criminal process with a view to clarifying the real circumstances in which the doctor's death occurred, to hold any possible offenders responsible.
“The Ministry of Health reiterates its firm commitment to the lives and physical, psychological and moral integrity of doctors and all other health professionals, especially in this particularly challenging time when they are in fact the front line in the fight against Covid-19”, states the note.
The victim died on his way to Prenda Hospital, after a malaise inside a police station, in the Rocha Pinto neighbourhood, Maianga district in Luanda.
The paediatrician suffered from a disease (not revealed), which, according to the autopsy, is the main cause of the physician’s malaise and death.
According to the spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior, Waldemar José, the physician suffered a collapse inside the police station and had bruises on his head, but the autopsy revealed that he did not suffer any aggression.
According to the version of the Ministry of the Interior, Sílvio Dala was allegedly questioned by a member of the National Police, for not wearing a mask inside his vehicle, and invited to go to the police station.
According to the new Presidential Decree on the Situation of Public Disasters, the use of a mask is mandatory on public roads and inside vehicles. Failure to comply with this presidential order is punishable with a fine of Akz 5.000,00 (US $8.2 equivalent).
Waldemar José went on to say that the physician was referred to a nearest police station, where all the formalities for the drafting of the report and the respective notification of transgression were completed.
Because the police station does not have a mechanism for paying the 5,000 kwanza fine, he said, the doctor made a phone call to someone related to him to pay the fine and take the proof of payment to the police station.
It was in this waiting period, according to the commissioner, that the citizen started to feel sick and passed out, hitting his head on the floor.
The spokesman said that he was promptly placed in a defence and security forces vehicle that took him to Prenda Hospital, in the same district, where he died on the way.
Meanwhile, the version made public by the Ministry of the Interior has raised doubts in various circles of society, generating criticism about a possible bad approach by the Police.
The suspicions, replicated by several public figures, have gained strength after the publication of a photo on social media, in which the doctor is seen flat on the floor involved in a lot of blood.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.