Marta Temido in a judgment said that she" no longer has the conditions" to exercise the position, which the high minister accepted, Portugal's National Public broadcaster, RTP News reported.
Lisbon Portugal's Health Minister Marta Temido abnegated on Tuesday after the wide review of her decision to temporarily close exigency obstetric services and the death of an Indian pregnant woman during transfer between hospitals.
Ms Temido in a judgment said that she" no longer has the conditions" to exercise the position, which the high minister accepted, Portugal's National Public broadcaster, RTP News reported.
Her abdication was blazoned five hours after the news of the death of a pregnant woman in Lisbon.
In a note published on the sanctioned website of the Presidency of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa had formerly assumed that he was awaiting the abdication request of the Minister of Health, Marta Temido, and the offer to appoint his relief.
" The President of the Republic was informed by the Prime Minister,(.) of the intention of the Minister of Health, Marta Temido, to cease her duties, a position she accepted", reads a textbook posted on the Presidency's runner in internet with the title" Note on the Minister of Health's intention to cease her duties".
A pregnant Indian woman failed on Saturday after being transferred on Tuesday from Hospital de Santa Maria to Hospital Sao Francisco Xavier, due to a lack of vacuities in the neonatology service.
During the trip, there was a cardiorespiratory arrest, and reanimation work was carried out on the transport, reported RTP News.
According to Centro Hospitalar Universitario Lisboa Norte( CHULN), at the Sao Francisco Xavier Hospital, the pregnant woman was" submitted to an critical cesarean section, with the invigorated, importing 722 grams, going to the neonatal ferocious care unit for punctuality".
" The mama was rehabilitated in ferocious care, and failed", indicated the CHULN, transferring" the deepest condolences to the family".
Marta Temido will remain in office until the successor is chosen. The successor must be approved by the Council of Ministers listed for September 15. But the donation can be anticipated.
registers of State Antonio Lacerda Deals and Maria de Fatima Fonseca also leave the Ministry of Health.