The plenary session of the General Board of the Principality of Asturias (JGPA) rejected this Tuesday the non-legislative proposal defended by the Secretary General of Foro Asturias and MP of the Mixed Group, Adrián Pumares, in which he called for an integral evaluation of the operation of the virtual assistant Noah, promoted by the Health Service of the Principality of Asturias.
The initiative did not move forward due to the rejection of the 22 parliamentarians of the groups that support the regional government, PSOE and Convocatoria IU-Más País-IAS. The PP and the Mixed Group MP Covadonga Tomé took a position in favor of the proposal, adding 19 votes, a figure insufficient for its approval. The four Vox MPs did not participate in the vote because they had left the chamber after the prior incident, when the Asturian minister Ovidio Zapico announced that he was suspending his attendance at the control sessions, considering that the processing of the Housing law was being blocked.
During his address, Pumares defended the need to subject the virtual assistant Noah to a rigorous evaluation, to remedy any possible deficiencies detected, and to ensure that all patients retain the possibility of accessing direct and personalized telephone care.
For his part, the Socialist MP Jacinto Braña explained his group’s opposing vote by arguing that the proposals put forward by Foro were already included in the system’s design. "Since the implementation of Noah was planned, it was contemplated to carry out the evaluation; it was contemplated to keep adapting it to the needs that arose and, of course, what is clear is that it is a tool that is helping, that is freeing up administrative work," the Socialist said.
Moment of silence in the chamber
After the vote on this item, the agenda for this Tuesday’s plenary session concluded. Next, the MPs observed a moment of silence for the incident that occurred in Oviedo, in which a National Police officer died and another was seriously injured after the explosion of a backpack.
The police have identified the alleged perpetrator of the acts and continue their search. Before the explosion, a shootout would have taken place, in which the suspect would have fired at a 17-year-old girl, who was also injured.