Responsible for leading some of the main thrusts of the Jair Bolsonaro (PL) government to disseminate the so-called Covid kit, which is ineffective for the disease, the doctor Hélio Angotti should return to participate in discussions about SUS treatments.
He was appointed an alternate member of Conitec (National Commission for the Incorporation of Technologies in the Unified Health System) this Thursday (24), in an ordinance signed by the Minister of Health, Marcelo Queiroga.
On the 16th, the doctor left the position of Secretary of Science, Technology, Innovation and Strategic Inputs. In charge of this portfolio, he had the power to accept or veto Conitec’s decisions.
Angotti went on to command the Secretary of Management of Work and Education in Health, a position that had been vacant since the departure of doctor Mayra Pinheiro, known as “Captain Chloroquine”.
The doctor will be the deputy of his secretary within Conitec. The collegiate, which has 13 members, votes on SUS treatment guidelines and protocols.
Angotti ended up losing powers, as he could no longer veto a decision by Conitec, but he was given the chance to participate in the discussions again by becoming an alternate member.
However, he will only participate in discussions if the titular member cannot be present. Currently, the head of the secretariat at Conitec is the server Vinicius Nunes Azevedo.
Conitec prepares suggestions for protocols and guidelines for different treatments. If approved, these documents become a guide for drug purchases, indicating which patients are eligible to receive them and in what way.
A public manager may be questioned if he promotes treatments outside the SUS guidelines, which go through Conitec.
The commission’s discussions are also seen as strategic by both the pharmaceutical industry and patient associations.
Upon taking over the Ministry of Health, in March 2020, Queiroga announced that he would promote the debate at Conitec to end the discussion on the use of the Covid kit.
He appointed the doctor and professor at USP Carlos Carvalho, against ineffective drugs, to organize a group that would prepare the opinions.
In January, Angotti rejected guidelines on Covid that contraindicated the use of ineffective drugs for the disease, such as hydroxychloroquine.
report of sheet showed that the technical note in defense of the so-called Covid kit cited scientific research conducted irregularly in the assessment of Conep (National Research Ethics Commission).
Before changing secretariat, Angotti still barred the appeal presented by specialists.
The discussion on Covid treatment guidelines is now in the hands of Minister Queiroga. He said that he will have a period of 30 days, extendable for the same period, to evaluate these questions.
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