Attorney Bruna Morato, a spokeswoman for 12 doctors who worked for a Brazilian insurance company, said the specialists were required to prescribe drugs such as hydroxychloroquine to patients with COVID-19.
Bruna Morato was heard on Tuesday by the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI), which is investigating the alleged setbacks and omissions made by the Brazilian government in its fight against the pandemic.
The lawyer is a representative of doctors who worked for the insurance company Prevent Senior and prepared a dossier – already delivered to CPI – with several complaints about irregular treatment in a company of covid-19 patients.
Bruna Morato, who was listened to for eight hours, stated that the said doctors did not have autonomy and that the infected patients were receiving a “prescription covid” kit for the disease, consisting of drugs against which there was no proven efficacy. covid.19 as hydroxychloroquine.
The lawyer said that professionals received threats and this “covid kit” was distributed even to patients with concomitant diseases.
According to Bruna Morato, there were no preliminary examse.g. cardiac tests, before delivery of kits, which have also been shipped as “present” recipients of the health plan.
“It is also very important to note that when the doctor wanted to take [algum fármaco] kit, even if it is crossed out in the prescription, the patient received it completely. So, I had the information that I needed to take these medications, and the doctor crossed it out because the prescription was also ready. It even came with an instruction manual, ”the Brazilian said.
According to the lawyer, doctors who opposed the appointmentThe “early treatment” was harassed, for example, “reduced shifts” or the Prevent Senior was fired.
Bruna Morato also announced the alleged pact of the Prevent Senior with the Brazilian Ministry of Economy to confirm the call. ‘Early treatment’ as a way to avoid coercive containment which, according to the government, will have devastating consequences for the country’s economy.
According to CPI senators, this revelation strengthens the role of the so-called “parallel cabinet” in the federal government in defending measures without scientific evidence regarding the pandemic.
“What happened in Brazil was a criminal act during a pandemic. The Prevent Senior received permission from the government to murder, ”said Senator Rogerio Carvalho, in turn.
The charges against the insurance company began in April, when doctors working on the front line against covid-19 at the company reported constant harassment due to prescribing drugs that were not proven to be effective, which could worsen the health of patients. such as flutamide, chloroquine, azithromycin and ivermectin.
In addition, a post from the Globo network states that Senior prophylactic hid patient deaths which were used as guinea pigs in a study to test the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine associated with azithromycin for the treatment of covid-19,
The study was published and approved by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as an example of the successful use of hydroxychloroquine.
After the lawyer said that she feared for her immunity, and said that her office had already been invaded, Senator Randolph Rodriguez asked the federal police to ensure the safety of the witness.
Brazil is the Portuguese-speaking country hardest hit by the pandemic and one of the hardest hit in the world, with a total of 595,446 deaths and 21.3 million infections due to the novel coronavirus.
Covid-19 has caused at least 4,752,875 worldwide deaths out of the 232.27 million new coronavirus infections reported since the start of the pandemic, according to the latest report from France-Presse.
