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The governor of São Paulo, João Doria (PSDB), affirmed that today he fulfilled the threats of the last days to appeal to the STF (Supreme Federal Court) to obtain the cost of ICU beds for covid-19 by the Ministry of Health. Justo (5), had already said that he could go to court if the government of President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party), his political opponent, did not hand over the resources. On other occasions, he reinforced the request.
São Paulo joined today with an action for the qualification of ICU beds by the Ministry of Health.
João Doria, Governor of São Paulo
Other states also complained that the federal government stopped paying for ICU beds. On Monday (8), the Maranhão government filed a lawsuit with the STF requesting the immediate reactivation of beds throughout the country.
“Here we denounce that the Ministry of Health disabled ICU beds in practically all states, in the midst of a pandemic, in the second peak of the pandemic. São Paulo waited, communicated, followed the application protocol, announced that we would wait until yesterday. That was not done, ”said the governor, at a press conference at the Palácio dos Bandeirantes.
The São Paulo administration asks the federal government to finance 3,258 beds that are in operation, but stopped being financed by the Ministry at the end of last year. The federal portfolio, for its part, affirms that it only disabled beds with the end of the public calamity decree, which ended on December 31, 2020 and guaranteed the transfer of “extraordinary credits” to the São Paulo government to combat covidity. 19 pandemic.
Despite stating that it continued to transfer extra amounts to Doria’s management in 2021, enough to keep 580 beds for 30 days, the Ministry of Health made a request for cash reinforcement to the Ministry of Economy after the collection of Doria. The portfolio headed by General Eduardo Pazuello requested R $ 5.2 billion mainly to finance ICU beds for covid-19 patients.
The request was necessary, according to the ministry, because emergency resources were not originally foreseen in the proposed budget for Health this year.
“Today the state of São Paulo pays [pelos leitos de UTI em funcionamento]. We will not leave anyone behind, but we will have to comply with the obligation of the Ministry of Health. In December, the Ministry of Health provided 3,822 ICU beds. Today, they only cover 564 beds, “said Doria.
Doria x Bolsonaro
The issue of beds is another of the many issues that have become a subject of dispute in recent months between Doria and the Bolsonaro government. In this political fight, the most emblematic chapter occurred with the CoronaVac vaccine, which was questioned by the President of the Republic and was left aside for the national vaccination campaign against covid-19, being later incorporated and becoming the main immunizer available.
After being elected governor with the support of Bolsonaro, Doria presents himself as an opponent of the president, in a gesture that anticipates the race for the presidency of 2022. The governor of São Paulo and Bolsonaro are likely competitors and continue to treat each other as politicians. rivals.
Doria has tried to convince the PSDB to be a declared opposition party. Today, when attacking federal deputy Aécio Neves (PSDB), calling for his removal from the caption, the governor of São Paulo said that the party must take a position against Bolsonaro. “Enough of the PSDB wall,” he said, referring to indications that the party used to “stay on top of the wall” without taking a position.
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