Minister of Health Vojislav Šimun said today in the Assembly, answering questions from deputies, that the findings of the Commission of that department related to the work of the health institution Montefarm during the period of Goran Marinović's mandate will be forwarded to the prosecutor's office.
MP Boris Mugoša of the Social Democrats (SD) asked Šimun how he commented on the evaluations of a party that participates in the 44th Government (SNP), that the dismissal of the until recently director of Montefarm Goran Marinović was an attack on their party and that he would reconsider his position during the reconstruction of the Government, reminding that the same party told the Minister of Health that it protects the pharmaceutical lobby.
Šimun pointed out that "he is neither part of, nor plans to be part of, the pharmaceutical lobby" and that his intention is to reduce the influence of politics on the health system and to bring professionals and people of integrity to the fore.
"Precisely during the Marinović era, some lobbies, if we can call them that, seem to have grown and had a larger share of the budget. In 2021, one wholesale drug store had a share of 83,8 percent in the budget, the following year 106,4 percent, and In 2023, it had 90 percent, and the other company had 18 for the simple reason that it sold a much more expensive medicine. I have not been a participant in political life until now, and I consider the insinuations to be baseless constructions," Šimun pointed out.
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He recalled that the Commission of the Ministry of Health, analyzing the work of Montefarma, found a huge number of irregularities, but also that the State Audit Institution stated that the debt of the private wholesaler had been taken over.
"That case is in the Special State Prosecutor's Office. Also, the findings of the Commission of the Ministry of Health will be submitted to the prosecution, as well as the findings of the same commission in other health institutions," said Šimun.
He said that he supports the position of Prime Minister Milojko Spajić to periodically analyze the work of each minister.
"I believe that it is correct and that my colleagues, health workers, are most invited to comment on my work and evaluate it," concluded Šimun.
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