Echoes of the great demonstration to defend public health in Madrid last Sunday reached the territory of Valencia. spokesperson for Health Juan José Zaplana of the Valencian Community People’s Party (PPCV) at the Cortes reassured in Alicante this Tuesday that the Madrid healthcare system is “infinitely better” than the Valencia healthcare system. The PSPV-PSOE’s response on this matter was swift and through Zaplana’s counterpart in the autonomous assembly, Carmen Martínez. minds of all citizens.” Martínez asked Zaplana “if there was an example of governance in Madrid for him and his party. State It is an application that cuts off and eliminates the rights of citizens”.
waiting list
The public’s spokesperson confirmed in front of journalists that, Valencian Community He said you have to wait an average of 108 days to have the surgery, while in Madrid it averages 71 days. The media asked him if he was considering taking the Valencian doctors onto the streets, as happened in the Spanish capital last Sunday, and he replied: “I won’t be the one to start the unions against the government, because I think it’s one. labor demand and in Madrid we complained that the mobilizations were led by leftist political parties, so I will not be the one to encourage the unions to come out and demonstrate. I think they have jobs to defend the workers.”
Similarly, Zaplana warned that the Valencian Community is “almost four points down” in the number of doctors compared to Madrid. Regarding the nursing data, she noted that autonomy “is the last in Spain according to ministry statistics. nursing per thousand people. Regarding Alicante directly, “in the last year waiting lists in the state, far from decreasing, increased by more than 10%, indicating that Ximo Puig and the Minister of Health were not enough to end it.” traffic jam in hospitals”. According to statistics released by Zaplana, more than 24,000 people await intervention in Alicante, according to the Ministry’s data, while there were 21,800 people twelve months ago.
customizations
In addition to describing the populists’ statements as a joke, PSPV’s deputy Martínez said: public health care With policies of exclusion in the community, Consell de Puig has been working since 2015 to strengthen the public health system by restoring universal health care. pharmaceutical additives and empowering the team of professionals”. Martínez also called it “ironic” that “the Valencia PP set an example” “in the same week that all of Madrid took to the streets to protest Ayuso’s disastrous rule.” “They didn’t have to take to the streets to defend public health because Consell is already defending it with her administration.”
Source: Informacion
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