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“No, this is not ‘trolling’. Representation in government is a pretty serious matter. It is the prime minister’s responsibility to choose the person who is best placed to fill the next position. He chose Mr. Narkevičius. He probably looks like the Mr. Skvernelis that J. Narkevičius knows health problems better today. If someone is “trolling” something, it is unless S. Skvernel is “trolling” the president first: “because you don’t trust me, but I don’t care” Landsbergis said before the meeting.
The minister did not attend the meeting. This is not the first time that J. Narkevičius ignores the calls of the conservatives. This time, he delegated in his place Vyacheslav Zaks, the Senior Advisor to the Director of the State Health Insurance Fund.
Jurgita Sejonienė, a representative of the Lithuanian Medical Movement running for the Seimas with the TS-LKD list, expected to see the Minister at the meeting. Due to the rain, electronic health has been spoiled and the Minister of Transport and Communications is responsible for the activities of the Records Center.
“Isn’t it? It’s also not strange, nothing new. It often happens that ministers don’t participate when needed,” J. Sejonienė reacted after learning that J. Narkevičius would not be coming.
Vida Augustinienė, a representative of the patient organizations that came to the meeting, reacted ironically to the choice of J. Narkevičius and A. Veryga’s decision to leave for five weeks.
“It just came to our attention then. He uses the holidays, because he has probably paid a lot of money in the last few months, he will get a lot for the holidays, therefore he took such a long vacation, because it will not be necessary until the end of the year” V. Augustinien said.
He did not emphasize the fact that J. Narkevičius is now officially at the wheel of the health system.
“As I understand it from the speeches, everything is controlled by A. Veryga herself,” said the patient’s representative.
Director of the Polyclinic Center, President of the Union of Medical Administrators of Lithuania doc. Dr. Kęstutis Štaras did not participate in the proficiency assessments of J. Narkevičius because he did not know him. He was more critical of Mr. Veryga’s decision to take such a long vacation.
“In this situation, I think the Minister could act in a more responsible way. (…) I think there was tension, it really worked, everyone has the right to rest, but perhaps it would have been enough for a shorter period,” said K Štaras.
Veryga went on vacation for five weeks
As previously announced, Health Minister A. Veryga has been on leave for five weeks since Monday, Minister Lina Bušinskaitė’s representative told Eltai.
He noted that A. Veryga will be replaced by the Minister of Transport and Communications Jaroslav Narkevičius for two weeks starting Monday, the Minister of Education, Science and Sports Algirdas Monkevičius for two weeks, and the Minister of Social Security and Labor, Linas Kukuraitis, for another week.
“At the same time, they are directing Minister A. Veryga and as head of emergency operations at the state level. Five weeks in total,” L. Bušinskaitė informed Elta.
He stressed that the Minister is monitoring the situation, keeping in touch with his colleagues and would be ready to return if the situation in the country deteriorates.
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