Spain's general medical council calls for Covid health chief to be fired
by Sam Jones in Madrid from on (#5AD9Z)
Fernando Simon, who appeared to blame doctors for some cases, accused of incompetence
Spain's general medical council has called for the country's health emergencies chief to be sacked, accusing him of patent and prolonged incompetence" in his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and of undermining the morale of overworked doctors.
Fernando Simon, the head of Spain's coordination centre for health emergencies and alerts, has been the public face of the government's response to the coronavirus since March.
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