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Pascual Lucas, alderman of Cieza, claims the "lack of doctors to end the long waiting lists and little space to accommodate all patients who come to cause the suspension of tests and operations for not having the necessary facilities"
Representatives of Cieza, Abarán and Blanca towns met yesterday with the Minister of Health of the CARM to ask for more human and physical resources to the district hospital to which the residents of the three municipalities belong.
The Vega Lorenzo Guirao according mayors "have difficulty seeing patients for lack of doctors in many specialties and physical space for testing and operations, resulting in long waiting lists."
The representative of the municipality of Cieza Pascual Lucas Diaz, with the largest population of the three municipalities with almost 35,000 inhabitants, did not hesitate to move to the Minister of Health, Encarna Guillen Navarro all deficiencies that has the hospital for lack of means and that "the biggest losers are the citizens, as the health of our neighbors do not play," he says.
Medical specialties with more needs correspond to areas of digestive, radiology, allergist, rehabilitation, palliative care, rheumatology, and gynecology.
In Digestivo, although diagnostic tests and were late, it was decided that the program of screening for colon cancer, without increasing the number of qualified to carry out this special program staff held in the hospital, which has of course increasing waiting lists and now exceeding six months.
Lucas says, "is very serious by the Ministry not study well the staff needed to carry out these tasks, because tests performed in this area can assume in some cases the delay in detection of serious diseases. In addition, during the summer months the hospital will be 15 days without any gastrointestinal specialist for vacation both of which are available and are not going to cover. "
Radiology "is not consistent to a local hospital on the characteristics of our not available radiologist 24 hours a day to deal with emergencies, necessary to make an accurate diagnosis," says Councillor for Health of the City of Cieza, Maria Jesus Lopez.
Lopez added that in endocrinology waiting lists are great because currently available appointments are for October, and revisions that were to have been summoned for consultation in February, still no date planned revision ".
People with allergy problems, or patients awaiting surgery of trauma have the same problem, there are more than 400 days, the average wait for their turn.
Another important demand is for the rehabilitation department, as the waiting list is such, and its lack of space, which for years forcing patients to use private healthcare.
On the other hand, until last year, the palliative care physician is not replaced on vacation, so during that time, patients do not have regular attendance, having to go to 112, each time requiring the presence of a doctor, unfortunately in this situation is often the case.
Hospital Vega Lorenzo Guirao, has problems of lack of space and staff also derived by closing department in health centers, as in the case of outpatient gynecology at San Andrés.
"From the councils do not understand how the Department does not anticipate the new needs following the cessation of service anywhere else," says the Mayor of Cieza.
facilities deficit
"There are real problems of space in the hospital. The specialty consultations have to be rotated by not having enough physical space, which results in suppression of evidence and operations, as well as performing professional work in other areas of the hospital" says the mayor of Health of Cieza.
Parking capacity is also insufficient, they say, because currently a deterrent car park opposite the hospital is used, but despite its size is small.
"Cars do not have enough space and are parked on the sides of the access road with the consequent danger to pedestrians and vehicles themselves. It is necessary to address the problem and look for a possible extension" comment from the consistory.
Hospital conditions are not the most suitable because they do not have air conditioning to alleviate the suffering high temperatures in summer in our region.
"In the early days of summer has again repeated the situation last year. Patients have been at 30-33 degrees in the rooms, having to take fans from their homes".
The Minister meanwhile has committed to revistar all these requests and a meeting in October to make an assessment of the decision so far.
Meanwhile, the mayors of the affected people expect their demands to be heard.
Pascual Lucas, mayor of Cieza and the councilor in charge of the portfolio of Health, María Jesús López, claim that "if counseling does not begin to carry out the solution of these problems with immediacy continue claiming and demanding the CARM solutions for our neighbors, as now, the hand of the Platform Pro Hospital of Cieza and all residents of the region. the health of the people should prevail over any other need and we will not let political differences between the City of Cieza and the Autonomous Community stand in the welfare of people. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cieza
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