“My political future belongs to God and we will find ways along the way,” Leite says while visiting HBB.

Fulfilling the Takuari Valley agenda, Governor Eduardo Leite (PSDB), after attending a lunch meeting at the Lajeado (Acil) Association of Trade and Industry this Friday (3), headed straight to Bruno Born Hospital (HBB) where he attended the opening of the new the emergency department and the opening of the pediatric intensive care unit, which has been closed since August.

Work will be possible through the Advance Health program. In total, R $ 3.3 million (R $ 1.75 million for renovations and R $ 1.55 million for equipment) will open 10 beds – eight of them SUS and two private. and for health insurance plans. The new pediatric intensive care unit should be completed in eight months.

The governor explained the guarantee of resources by the good financial balance of the state. “An important action by the state, which is only possible because of the balance of accounts at the Rio Grade do Sul. A state that can’t pay monthly bills, let alone invest. And thanks to the reforms that we carried out in the structure of the state apparatus and privatization, the state can now make investments, ”he explains.

Leite has received other requests from HBB, such as resources for the specialty cardiology, which he says is quite possible. “There are many requirements, but we will do a good analysis and should announce a new phase of investment in the health sector, and it is possible that it will be included,” he says.

Lazheado Mayor Marcelo Caumo called the day historic for HBB and mentioned Secretary of State for Health, Arita Bergmann. “This work is only possible because Secretary of State Arita came to visit the region and dined with us, and we talked about the need and projects that we presented to the federal government in order to have an intensive care unit, and she told us to send it to State, and within a few months the funds were allocated to Advance Health, ”he recalls.

The future of milk in politics

Asked by Radio Independente about his future in politics following the results of the preliminary rulings of the PSDB, which elected Sao Paulo Governor João Doria to run for the party’s president, Leite said he was in no rush. “I am not worried about my immediate political future, I am not going to run for any elected office next year, I will focus in 2022 on achieving results as governor, and my political future belongs to God, we will find ways, walking.” specifies.

Calendar in Roca Sales

The Governor of the RS concludes his agenda for the valley in the municipality of Roca Sales at the end of this Friday to sign agreements for the Pão e Vinho Route.

Text: Caroline Silva
jornalismo@independente.com.br