Portugal's minister resigns over Indian woman death...
After the death of a pregnant indian woman in Lisbon, portugal, the health minister Marta Temido has resigned from her post. This indian tourist died due to cardiac arrest during an ambulance transfer from Santia Maria, the main hospital in Lisbon. She was transferred from Santia Maria Hospital because the neonatology unit was full there. Marta Temido is credited with successfully handling Portugal's vaccine rollout during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Portugal's prime minister Antonio Costa has accepted her resignation. He thanked Temido for her work and said that the government would pursue reforms to strengthen the health infrastructure. Such cases have been coming to the fore in portugal for some time now. Two babies died in portugal in recent months when their mothers were being transferred from one hospital to another and data-faced long delays in the process. Realized that she no longer had the conditions to continue in the post. The health minister is facing the ire of opposition parties after the death of a pregnant indian woman in Portugal. Opposition parties say that pregnant women have to make risky trips to hospitals. women have had to wait for a long time as maternity units have overflowed due to the closure of delivery units. Marta Temido took over as Portugal's health minister in 2018. Several polls claimed that she was one of the most popular members of the centre-left socialist government during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, her rating was badly affected due to the shortage of health workers. This is a major factor in those specializing in gynecology and obstetrics and other problems in public hospitals.