Next month will be two years after one of the hardest times I’ve had to go through since my daughter started school at the age of three. Baccalaureate finished with enrollment And it was clear that he wanted to study medicine. An exemplary student (I like to call it that, even though it’s been over 40 years since I passed) notes an exemplary student who came across Selectividad after passing the first entrance exam at a private university so that the public could have a mattress in front of the brutal courtroom. Being an optimist by nature, I had no doubts that I could access the UMH with the Medical campus ten minutes from home.
No, it was the worst. A stumble on selectivity, the final grade was 12 out of fourteen possible, and the college admissions limit was over 12.5. He stayed at the entrance gate of the state university. Worse still, apostrophes have been raised on private ones as well, an option we keep in the bedroom in a scenario we’ve prepared, just in case. Within a week, her horizon collapsed, she was blocked, we were all blocked, and thanks to a colleague’s last-minute management, good track record, and an outstanding interview, she managed to enroll in Nursing at Cardenal Herrera. He hadn’t thought about it, but now, by the way, they motivate him every day. You never know what fate has in store for you.
And you’re going to tell us why you’re telling us this. Because I believe what we went through that June is a carbon copy of the suffering that many families from Alicante and thousands of families go through each year in Spain when it comes time to access university education. Therefore, of the 75 good students who have chosen Health Sciences It is great news that in the final years of the Baccalaureate, from the academic year 2023-2024, one can choose to study Medicine at the University of Alicante. Of course, the Miguel Hernández University School of Medicine has been training hundreds of future doctors since 1996, despite its birth as a political fad. Doctors are needed, and we will need them more every day as the population ages and hundreds of doctors access retirement. What is the problem? Why do we have to oppose any project in Alicante, no matter what?
of course we are talking about multimillion dollar budgetsbut for that, there must be some stratospheric ones that we pay salaries to solve our problems and not get involved in awkward arguments like the salaries of consultants or the appropriateness of television. Priorities are what they are, and it is clear that if we live longer we will need professionals who take care of us and are well paid. Not because they immigrated to Europe in search of bread or even to supplement their wages. Be careful, for example, you can’t let a gynecologist from the Ministry of Health tell a pregnant woman that you have to come when you want permission, and leave us alone after you learn that your patient is also being treated in the meantime. by a colleague in private health. Yes, this happens in the province as well, or you need to make an appointment with a specialist 4 months in advance.
Too many or too few doctors? The answer should be easy, but using data from medical unions and the Administration is not that easy. Statistics reveal that Spain has 3.9 doctorates per thousand people, compared to the OECD average of 3.4, but also acknowledge a gap between dropouts and MIR positions. Added to search for life abroad. Those who know the insides of the system warn another: Spain does not know how many doctors in each branch are or where they work.
Is it necessary to prevent more graduates from faculties with the quotas offered by the MIR system, or is it necessary to increase the quotas? Does a profession pay well when there are doctors unable to work in some tourist cities during the summer? Spain and Alicante have a problem and it needs to be resolved urgently. As a solution needs to be found and Generalitat has a lot to do here so that our healthcare professionals, in this case doctors, are also nurses and nurses For example, do not be discouraged or depressed when they realize that after twenty years of employment, temporary contract, they continue to chain contract with low wages and a permanent temptation to immigrate everything to a European country. , they find a suitable salary for your job. Every profession deserves absolute respect, but boy are we talking about people who save our lives and take care of us when we need it most?
The data leaves no room for doubt. More than half of the doctors in the Valencian Community’s public health system will no longer be 50 years old and 22.1% will be over sixty, so a significant number of medical professionals are expected in the coming years. will be retired. Ximo Puig It marked 2027 as the turning point for this generational change, and it’s not without reason.
Those who oppose the opening of new Medical Faculties argue that the problem lies in the lack of sufficient training places for MIR specialists. Y? The problem is there. Not that there could be two faculties less than eight kilometers apart..
The key is to pursue a good specialization after a long, difficult, complex career of six years where students with excellent academic records come in and others who are well educated and have the same or better curriculum do not. though places, bad luck, or a questionable fix left on the doors by the teacher who is on duty for the exam is another story. Are there MIR loopholes? What do they think? But that can’t be why you bombed the University of Alicante’s plan. We complain about the need for professionals, that a doctor can’t treat 25 patients per shift and thousands more, but then… the San Vicente campus has the infrastructure. Well go ahead and if GNA has the capacity to expand places then keep going too.