The rural action movement requests A national pact to resolve, among other things, the coverage of the places of difficult coverage in the hospitals of Alcañiz and Teruel and the Health centers. The group has appeared on Wednesday in the Commission of Citizen and Human Rights of the Courts of Aragon to transfer its demands in health.
The Citizen and Human Rights Commission has received the representatives of the Rural Action Movement Mar, Mar, received on Wednesday Antonio Jiménez, José Antonio Blasco and Montserrat Ivonne, to inform about the situation of health in the Utrillas Regional Health Center. With the almost complete template, They have requested that “doctors who do not have the MIR, urgently form them to boost the quality of public health in rural areas. ”As for the new health map, they ask that the reorganization of resources not translate into cuts for the rural environment.
Although they share the Aragon government loyalty plan To attract professionals, in terms of economic incentives, From the collective they believe it is necessary to go one step further with assigned destinations, To solve a “structural” problem of lack of doctors in health centers and hospitals “Peripherals”. «It can be called in many ways, economic incentives and housing are very good, but we see that forced destiny is the only solution. Until that is done, even if we have a million doctors, wherever they want and not where they are necessary, ”they said from the collective.
“We have been defending public services for five years and, in the last three, we have focused especially on health in rural areas, touring more than 6,000 thousand kilometers to claim our rightS, ”said Antonio Jiménez at the beginning of his speech. He then explained that they currently have the almost complete squad:” The Emergency doctor provides service between two municipalities and the Pediatrics area is covered, “he said. He also pointed out that during the weekends “You have guards with two doctors and two nurses, which has improved the previous situation. ”
Regarding the training of the health, the working group has asked for professionals “That they have not completed the MIR receives urgent specific training”and has raised “the possibility of incorporating extra -community doctors, always under the condition that they have adequate training.” In this regard, he concluded defending the need to “establish basic training on the functioning of the health system, the management of clinical records and protocols.”
According to the data offered during the appearance, the sea has made more than 250 claims and route more than 6,000 km in its 5 years of existence to defend a dignified health and other basic services in rural areas.
-Intervention of political groups
On behalf of Popular party, María Navarro has assured that “the problem of public health is structural.” “If these platforms have achieved it through manifestations and claims, meetings with directors and politicians are useless,” he added. Finally, he celebrated that the Utrillas area “is much better than a few years ago, because we are here to collect their claims and solve their problems.”
From the socialist bench, Sergio Ortiz has shown that “this platform, which already existed, claimed what seemed just when the PSOE ruled, and now to the PP.” The parliamentarian has criticized that “having the biggest budget of the regional executive, they do not manage the shortage of doctors, as the previous ones did”, and has denounced that the Ministry “amortized places in the rural environment, close offices and reduce days of consultation in our community.”
Deputy Carmen Rouco, of Vox, He stressed that “if the squares have been covered, he indicates that something is being done well.” In this sense, it has underlined the need to “improve the conditions of the tutors to properly prove the formation”. In addition, he said that “there is a commitment to increase the salary of families residents by 15% in order to cover the places of difficult coverage.”
During his word turn, Isabel Lasobras (CHA) He said that “in the face of this abandonment, you said enough, from the towns and neighbors below.” On the other hand, the deputy has claimed that “the future of the rural environment cannot be built based on cuts, emptying the offices and silencing real needs,” and has asked the Aragon government to “start real and structural measures, with effective incentives that respect our elders and our families.”
For its part, Pilar Buj (The) He has moved that “there is still work to be done to guarantee emergency coverage from Monday to Friday” and stressed that “geographical dispersion in rural areas is very wide.” He has also insisted on the need to “improve the training of extra -community doctors who arrive from other countries, since they are not familiar with the Spanish health system.” Finally, he has asked the Ministry of Health “Transparency to solve the problems we had announcing.”
Ultimately Alberto Izquierdo (PAR) He has underlined his knowledge of the rural environment, stating that “we know that the situation in Utrillas is better than a year ago.” However, he regretted that the evolution “has not been joint throughout the province of Teruel.” In this regard, he pointed out that “the problem of lack of doctors remains a reality in 90% of the autonomous community and only the problem has partially resolved.”
