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Angola / Covid-19: doctors union president victim of persecution
Published on: 07/13/2020 - 18:09
Text by: RFI | Avelino Miguel | L?gia ANGELS
2 min
The president of the Angolan national doctors' union, Adriano Manuel, denounced in Luanda that he was the victim of persecution by the Ministry of Health, which brought him a disciplinary process to silence him.
According to the president of the Angolan national doctors' union, Adriano Manuel, the ongoing disciplinary process was moved in order to silence him, for denouncing various irregularities, registered in the health sector and not agreeing with the figures released by the Ministry of Health. the Covid-19 pandemic.
For the doctor, who warns of the lack of medical personnel and biosafety materials in hospitals in the country, Covid-19 already has a wide community circulation in Angola, a fact not yet recognized by the health authorities of Luanda, who started screening the disease. pandemic in risk areas, such as informal markets.
So far, Angola has officially registered 506 infected people, 26 deaths, 118 recovered and 362 active cases.
Avelino Miguel, correspondent in Luanda
Amnesty International reports more than 3,000 health professionals died due to the Covid-19 pandemic
In a report released this Monday (07/13), the human rights NGO Amnesty International reveals that more than 3,000 health professionals have lost their lives worldwide since the pandemic began.
The NGO also denounces that many of these professionals were threatened when they denounced the lack of conditions to fight the pandemic and asks that governments be held responsible for the death of health professionals during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The president of the Angolan doctors' union, Adriano Manuel, who says he is being persecuted, considers that health professionals in Angola have issued warnings and continue to ask the government for better working conditions.
Angola / Covid-19: doctors union president victim of persecution
Published on: 07/13/2020 - 18:09
Text by: RFI | Avelino Miguel | L?gia ANGELS
2 min
The president of the Angolan national doctors' union, Adriano Manuel, denounced in Luanda that he was the victim of persecution by the Ministry of Health, which brought him a disciplinary process to silence him.
According to the president of the Angolan national doctors' union, Adriano Manuel, the ongoing disciplinary process was moved in order to silence him, for denouncing various irregularities, registered in the health sector and not agreeing with the figures released by the Ministry of Health. the Covid-19 pandemic.
For the doctor, who warns of the lack of medical personnel and biosafety materials in hospitals in the country, Covid-19 already has a wide community circulation in Angola, a fact not yet recognized by the health authorities of Luanda, who started screening the disease. pandemic in risk areas, such as informal markets.
So far, Angola has officially registered 506 infected people, 26 deaths, 118 recovered and 362 active cases.
Avelino Miguel, correspondent in Luanda
Amnesty International reports more than 3,000 health professionals died due to the Covid-19 pandemic
In a report released this Monday (07/13), the human rights NGO Amnesty International reveals that more than 3,000 health professionals have lost their lives worldwide since the pandemic began.
The NGO also denounces that many of these professionals were threatened when they denounced the lack of conditions to fight the pandemic and asks that governments be held responsible for the death of health professionals during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The president of the Angolan doctors' union, Adriano Manuel, who says he is being persecuted, considers that health professionals in Angola have issued warnings and continue to ask the government for better working conditions.