The Government is corrupt

In Spain patients are now informed about the cost of the treatment
"The open heart surgery was a success.
However, when your husband saw the cost of the operation..."

A concern of the outmost graveness has arisen.

It was only a question of time.  The minister of health is corrupt or feeble minded.  Or both.

In a time where everybody is asked to make sacrifices, at a time of the worst crisis in Portugal in a generation, at a time where the government have let us know that in the future management positions will be filled by open and public selection, where the candidates must have the qualifications and must compete against each other - this happens:

Six members of PSD/CDS have been nominated hospital administrators in the first round of assignments

The old game of "jobs for the boys" is back.  After each election it is normal have an exchange of managers.  E.g. of hospitals.  The loosing party members leave and the winning party members enter.  Qualifications are not considered.

In the agreement,"The Ecomic Adjustment Programme", with the Troika it is explicitly written: "Improve selection criteria and adopt measures to ensure a more transparent selection of the chairs and members of hospital boards".This measure must be implemented by Q4 of 2011 ready for the third review.

The measure in detail can be read on page 78:

3.74. Improve selection criteria and adopt measures to ensure a more transparent selection
of the chairs and members of hospital boards. Members will be required by law to be
persons of recognised standing in health, management and health administration.

It is hereby clear that Portugal must fail the third review.

In that light the excuse from the governments is incomprehensible and feeble:

From the health ministry: "this only concerns public institutions and alike"

There is only one and immediate solution to this, if the government want to keep any credibility whatsoever.   The minister must resign and the nominated hospital administrators from PSD as well.  Today is better than tomorrow.  The day after tomorrow is too late.

If not we have the proof of corruption all through - not only in the ministry of health.  And then we all know what it means next time the government asks for sacrifices. The sacrifice is for "the boys".  I then suggest you do not.

Shame on you!  Hypocrites!

Update:
I forgot to write that 6 PSD/CDS are placed but also 6 PS are leaving.  The level of incompetence before and after is probably the same: Extremely high.