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The Minister of Health, Marta Temido, praised today the work of the National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA) in the fight against the covid-19 pandemic during the last nine months in Portugal.
In the closing speech of the commemorative day of this institution, the governor was even moved and did not hold back his tears. (You can see the video here)
“INSA is present, reliable, competent, respected at all times. Always ”, said Marta Temido, underlining:“ Daily, in our emails and WhatsApp groups; fortnightly, in our technical meetings with parties; so many times in our social networks, in our homes and with our general public, through studies, projects, alliances, collaborations, research and various methodologies that have contributed a lot to the response to this pandemic in our country ”.
The head of the Health portfolio highlighted the “nuclear” role of INSA in the “coordination of the laboratory network for the diagnosis of covid-19”, through which “the information registration systems are supported, evaluating the capacity to carry out tests and a strategic reserve of material and reagents for the laboratory diagnosis ”of the infection by the new coronavirus.
While considering the covid-19 pandemic as “the challenge of our lives” and whose response “forced unprecedented sacrifices”, Marta Temido reiterated the gratitude of the Ministry of Health to INSA for “solidarity” and for “fighting disinformation”. and highlighted the institution as “a jewel in the crown of the National Health Service (SNS) and the Portuguese scientific system.”
On the other hand, the minister did not ignore the warning of the president of the INSA board of directors, Fernando de Almeida – who, minutes before, had warned of the “challenge of renewal, reform and repositioning in Portuguese society” and said that a new organic -, ensuring that the Ministry of Health will not stop promoting its development.
“The INSA reform roadmap is underway and that is the great challenge that awaits us abroad. We want and expect an INSA that is even more competitive and that maintains the level of quality to which the Ministry of Health and the country are accustomed. I am confident that the future holds promising opportunities for success, ”he predicted.
Portugal represents at least 5,373 deaths associated with covid-19 in 340,287 confirmed cases of infection, according to the latest bulletin from the Directorate General of Health (DGS).
