This Friday, we learned that residents of the town of Olite they stay no emergency service in the municipality and they will have to move to Tafalla outside of your opening hours health center. A measure that did not please many people.
In this sense, UPN said “the closure of the Olite emergency room represents a reduction in service.” to the citizens of the said locality and to those of other neighboring localities who were also served from there.
The regionalist party criticized the fact that “they are the governments that claim to be progressive and cut health care to the Navarrese and the deterioration of the service they receive.
“Yesterday we already advanced this The Shivite government could consider permanently closing the Olite emergency room and today, unfortunately, this has been corroborated,” they said.
So, we must remember that “In 2019, also with Fernando Domínguez as Minister of Health, Olite’s PAC was closed. who took care of neighbors in emergencies from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. and, due to neighborhood pressure, it was maintained from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., which was highly criticized by the PSN until for María Chivite to become president of the government of Navarre, overturning everything. he had said until then and lied once again to the Navarrese men and women.”
“With her as president, Health implemented new cuts in the Olite base areaby eliminating health care days and hours in the towns of Beire and Pitillas. Today, the Chivite Government is giving the final touches to the Olite emergency room, which also welcomes patients from other neighboring towns,” they continued.
The UPN “deeply regrets that The Chivite government ignored the will of the people of Olitewho, on several occasions, with the Town Hall, had requested the restoration of the service from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m.
Without going any further, last May a motion was unanimously approved to again ask the Government of Navarra recovery after an emergency nocturnal at the health center, saying he was providing a service not only to the 4,000 residents of Olite, but also to the thousands of tourists who visit them every year.
“Not only were they not listened to and their request to overturn the 2019 decision was not taken into account, but They completely eliminated the service in one fell swoop. and without any type of planning,” they concluded.
Furthermore, they criticized the fact that “socialists talk a lot about the reality of depopulation and the need to care for rural environments, but their decisions continually deny them.”
Failure to comply with the law
On the other hand, the regionalists recall that “the Forale law 2/2013 requires that Any changes or restructuring to primary care are carried out by planning this must be presented and approved in the Parliament of Navarre.
“We see how, once again, The Shivite government breaks the rules when it suits them, as they have done by removing patients from waiting lists without being seen by the specialist, even if it means harming the citizens they claim to serve,” they added.
Finally, even if for the moment The health decisions only concerned Olite, From the Unión del Pueblo Navarro there are fears that the disease could spread to other localities, as is the case of Andosilla.
THE POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NAVARRA
From Monday September 30 Elite patients Those who need to use the emergency service in the afternoon (after 3 p.m.) should go to the Tafalla Regional Emergency Serviceas reported by the Health Department of the Government of Navarra.
The opening hours of Olite Health Center It will be from Monday 30 from 8 a.m. to 3:20 p.m., every day of the week (Monday to Sunday), all emergencies outside these hours being centralized at the Tafallés center.
This decision, according to the ministry, “is a consequence of the lack of availability of doctors to cover the afternoon hours in Olite and the proximity to the regional center”.
With this decision “sand guarantees tomorrow’s attention since, after the transfers and appeals of recent weeks, all positions are now fully filled, including in pediatrics.
THE OLITE BASE AREA
THE Olite Base Health Zone It has 8,602 TIS (Individual Health Card) for two care areas: Caparroso and Olite. In Olite, health care is provided in the towns of Olite, San Martin de Unx and Ujue through 3 teams (UBA, basic care unit, with a medical professional and a nursing professional): 2 UBA treat the town of Olite, 1 UBA treat San Martín de Unx, Ujue and part of Olite.
With this decision, “the ordinary day of the morning shift is covered 100% in the Olite Health Center with all places covered and the Caparroso continuing care point is maintained at usual hours.
From the Ministry of Health These new opening hours have been communicated to Olite town hall and information posters were placed in the center itself.
