In March 2023, health workers in the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla They said that enough is enough, at the Ministry of Health of Mónica García, for its administrative apathy and its abandonment of an increasingly precarious health system. Thus began the largest strike in the sector in our country. More than a year and a half later, nothing has changed, the system in these two provinces is dying and now the minister has even demanded that it is the two autonomy which retain and hire the doctors, while this responsibility falls exclusively to the Ministry.
He People’s Party in the Senate During the plenary session this Tuesday, she asked for explanations from the Minister of Health, Mónica García, on “her request that Ceuta and Melilla retain and hire doctors”, to which the minister replied that it was “an administrative error when sending a letter.
“I ask you if this is really a lack of understanding of the situation or a blatant disregard for the communities of Ceuta and Melilla, How do you ask us to retain and hire talent if you know that this is the responsibility of the administrations of your Ministry?“, declared popular senator Cristina Díaz Moreno.
However, Monica Garcia, has not finished giving in to his error in the face of such a requirement and responded bluntly that “the councilors of Ceuta and Melilla, although they do not have responsibilities or powers in matters of health, yes, they have them in good health“.
The PP senator assured that the minister “asked in writing from the communities the loyalty of the MIR by offering them interim positions and three-year contracts”, despite the fact that “so far the ministry has not offered as replacement contracts and accumulated hours, vacation or sick leave.
“What stability does this offer us? Ms. García, 27 advisors in your ministry, only you have direct management in Ceuta and Melilla and knows nothing about the health situation we are experiencing. They are dedicated to manipulating data to hide an unsustainable reality, they are the Tezanos of health. We lack pediatricians, dermatologists, traumatologists, oncologists, radiologists, cardiologists. As for nurses, the figure compared to the national average, and I’m not saying the European average, is alarming, they can’t take it anymore. Madam Minister, they are playing with our health and it is very serious. “He is about to finish a year in office and he has done absolutely nothing,” he warned. Cristina Diaz.
In this sense, the popular senator accused García of “having millions wasted euros in equipment that they cannot use due to lack of personnel, both in Ceuta and Melilla. “Two million in the Da Vinci robot, 2.5 in the 3 Tesla resonance, 1.5 in the hemodynamics room. For single use, hang up coats and bathrobes. This is irresponsible management, Madam Minister. If you are not able to do this, it is better to leave immediately or change those who ease the situation for you,” he concluded.
Old models
In Ceuta and Melilla they assure that they suffer the lowest rate of doctors per capita in Spainwith one of old models. The European Union has classified the health systems of Ceuta and Melilla as worst in the whole state and the INE has published that they have the lowest life expectancy in all of Spain.
Last year, doctors from other autonomous communities in the Spanish territory called for strikes, but unlike Ceuta and Melilla, they were resolved within a few days, while in the autonomous cities they lasted more than nine months .
