Councilor Pané fractures her fibula in a domestic accident
Albert Dalmau will assume his duties during the recovery of the head of the Health department
BarcelonaThe Minister of Health, Olga Pané, has fractured her fibula in a domestic accident, as reported this Sunday by the Department of Health. During her recovery, the Government informs that the Minister of the Presidency, Albert Dalmau, will assume her duties. In the statement, the Generalitat does not specify how long the minister may be on leave.
Minister Dalmau has already had to substitute members of the Government on two occasions in a few weeks for medical reasons. First, he assumed the functions of president while Salvador Illa was on leave. The leader of the executive was diagnosed with public osteomyelitis in mid-January. After two weeks admitted to the Vall d'Hebron Hospital, on January 31 he continued his recovery from home. On February 13, he returned to work.Dalmau also provisionally assumed leadership of the Ministry of Education due to the medical leave of its head, Esther Niubó, who announced she was stepping down on February 1. The medical leave lasted two months and Niubó returned on April 7. The Minister of Education explained once she had returned to work that she had overcome a thymus cancer.