President of Aveiro ULS detained for corruption spends third night at PJ
Ricardo Matos, president of Aveiro ULS, remains detained at PJ's Central unit whilst awaiting the decision of the Coimbra examining judge on coercive measures.
Hospital manager from Aveiro charged with corruption awaits coercive measures in Coimbra
The president of the Administration of the Local Health Unit (ULS) of Aveiro, Ricardo Jorge Correia de Matos, spent another night on Thursday in the cells of the Judicial Police's Central unit, whilst an examining judge at Coimbra Court evaluates the coercive measures to be applied. According to Correio da Manhã, Matos was detained on Monday, together with an engineer and a businessman, for a total of three suspects.
The three detainees are charged with crimes of corruption, economic participation in business, abuse of power and influence trafficking. The detention led the Minister of Health to dismiss Ricardo Matos from his hospital position — a role for which she had appointed him only six months earlier.
Public works exchanged for beachside residence in Barra
According to the PJ, Ricardo Matos allegedly awarded works to the other two detainees in exchange for the construction of a residence on Barra beach in Ílhavo. The authorities also believe that the hospital manager had prior access to the questions in the competition that enabled him to take up the position of administrator of the Aveiro ULS.
Matos accumulated several prominent roles throughout his career: he presided over the Red Cross in Águeda and led the Central section of the Order of Nurses, before assuming leadership of the administration of the Aveiro health unit.
Source: Correio da Manhã