RECORD Minas entrevista Alexandre Kalil (PDT), candidato ao Governo de Minas Gerais

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"Today we conclude the series of interviews with the main candidates for the government of Minas."

"This is a space that Record Minas has dedicated to you, voter, to get to know better the ideas and proposals of those competing to lead the State over the next four years."

"The order of the interviews was determined by lot in the presence of the campaign representatives."

"The candidate Alexandre Calil, of the PDT, was scheduled to be interviewed last Monday, but he could not attend because, after six months on the waiting list, he was called... for a cornea transplant, which explained his absence."

"Of course, it was justifiable; we made room for him to come today."

"Alexandre Calil is from Belo Horizonte, an engineer; he ran the family company, which specialized in road, urban, civil and industrial infrastructure."

"He led Atlético Mineiro, was the club's president for six years, and served as mayor of Belo Horizonte twice."

"First term between 2017 and 2020, when he was re-elected."

"He resigned in 2022 to run for governor of the State."

"He also led the Minas Gerais Mayors' Front."

"Candidate, good afternoon, welcome."

"This interview is being broadcast simultaneously by TV Paranaíba, in the Uberlândia region, in the Triângulo and Alto Paranaíba."

"Also on Record Minas' YouTube page."

"The candidate will have only 30 minutes to answer my questions, plus one minute for his final remarks."

"And the clock starts now."

"First of all... It couldn't be otherwise."

"How was the surgery?"

"How is your recovery going?"

"Thank God, right?"

"Science helped me, God helped me, and everything went well."

"Quick surgery?"

"Simple, right?"

"Simple, given the nature of a cornea transplant."

"It was a transplant, but it was very successful, thank God."

"Good recovery."

"Yes. That's good."

"There's no way we can start without talking about health, right?"

"You yourself said you lived through the wait for a transplant, the agony that many people also face, right?"

"That waiting is difficult."

"Is it possible to solve common day-to-day health problems, the difficulty in carrying out elective surgeries, many people who live in the countryside have to come to Belo Horizonte or cities in the metropolitan area."

"What is your proposal for the health sector, candidate?"

About: improve management of regional hospitals

"Look, the first thing we have to do is see how the regional hospitals are going to operate, right?"

About: manage regional hospitals through federal universities

"Because the Divinópolis hospital seems to have been taken over by the Federal University of São João Del Rey, which I don't think is the ideal model, especially since they're taking a lot of money from federal colleges and universities."

About: implement a tripartite management model in hospitals

"But I think the tripartite system, negotiated in Brasília, as we opened here, because we did, we opened a hospital of more than 500 beds in Barreiro in seven, eight months."

"But we went to Brasília to try to get that."

"So I think I'm still in favor of the tripartite [system]; I believe it's about the doctors."

"It's the nurses; that's what runs a hospital."

"Because you don't create a hospital (just by building it)."

"If someone has a heart attack in there, it's the same thing."