Minister in Spain's Valencian Community may be grilled over health staff safety

VALENCIAN Health Minister, Ana Barcelo, could be quizzed in court over complaints that health workers were short of personal protection gear during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Valencian Community’s Superior Court(TSJ) wants prosecutors to see if there any grounds to start an investigation into Barcelo’s actions.

The TSJ has also asked whether a series of similar cases over PPE gear filed by health unions and professional associations could all be consolidated into one action.

Alicante General Hospital manager, Miguel Angel Garcia, and regional health Human Resources chief, Carmen Lopez, have already been ordered to appear in court this December in one of the submitted cases.

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Alex Trelinski

Alex worked for 30 years for the BBC as a presenter, producer and manager. He covered a variety of areas specialising in sport, news and politics. After moving to the Costa Blanca over a decade ago, he edited a newspaper for 5 years and worked on local radio.