The mayor of Barreiros, Carlinhos da Pedreira (PP), apologized for shouting and expelling doctors from a hospital during an inspection.
The retraction was published on Thursday on the Doctors' Union's Instagram. The Mayor also committed to holding a public competition.
During inspection, the manager called professionals "bums" and accused them of being "sleeping" and "dating" while the emergency room was full.
The statement is part of an agreement between the category and manager after the union body requested an investigation to investigate the mayor's conduct.
Mayor of Barreiros, in the Zona da Mata Sul of Pernambuco, Carlinhos da Pedreira (PP) apologized to the doctors he shouted from a hospital after calling the professionals "bums" and accusing them of sleeping and "dating" on duty during an inspection on November 4th (see video above). The discussion was filmed and went viral on social media (remember the case below).
After the disagreement, Simepe stated that inspection actions cannot embarrass workers and asked the Public Ministry, the Municipal Health Department and the Barreiros Chamber of Councilors to open an internal investigation to evaluate the mayor's conduct.
The retraction was published on Thursday (12), a week after the discussion, on the Instagram of the Pernambuco Doctors Union (Simepe), and is part of an agreement signed between the municipal manager and the union. Furthermore, the mayor committed to holding a public competition for doctors and regulating inspections in health units.
In the images, Carlinhos da Pedreira appears alongside representatives of the Simepe board and the Medical Defender's Office, says he made a mistake and promises to prevent this type of episode from happening again.
"I'm here to apologize. I apologize for this episode that happened a week ago. It's not like me to treat anyone badly, but, as a human being, I made a mistake and I'm here at the union to apologize. Not just to them, but to all doctors," the mayor said in the video.
The mayor also asked for guidance from Simepe and the Medical Defender's Office to comply with the agreements signed with the category.
"I make a commitment, as public manager of Barreiros, to hold a public competition [...] and include doctors on this list. I also want to ask for your help, who will prepare the draft, so I can forward it to the Barreiros City Council, on how to carry out this inspection and so that episodes like this, regrettable, no longer happen", he said.
Surprise inspection
The mayor of Barreiros carried out a surprise inspection at the Jailton Messias de Souza Albuquerque Hospital, which, at the time, was managed by the João Paulo II Association. In footage taken by witnesses, the manager appears saying that he caught the workers "sleeping" and "making out" in the accommodation while the emergency room was full (see video above).
In an excerpt of the video, Carlinhos da Pedreira shouts, calls health professionals "bums" and points out that he is going to fire the doctors. "The emergency room full of people and you here sleeping, dating? It's absurd. I'm going to get it out now", he said during the approach to the hospital.
Questioned by g1, Simepe did not confirm whether the doctors were in fact fired. The city of Barreiros announced, one day after the inspection, that the Department of Health will temporarily resume the administrative, operational and care management of the Jailton Messias de Souza Albuquerque Hospital.
With the repercussion of the inspection videos, the Regional Council of Medicine (Cremepe) repudiated the "public exposure" of those on duty. He also stated that questions about medical assistance, shift schedules and the functioning of health services must be dealt with by the competent institutional and legal means, "without constraint on the professionals involved".
