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The regional deputy, Teresa Rosique, expressed concern and demanded that the new hospital in Cartagena has a pediatric ICU to prevent movement of minors who need to Arrixaca.

It also announced it will present an initiative at the Regional Assembly taking submissions from the Minister of Health, María Ángeles Palacios, because according to documentation provided by the Ministry to the regional deputies during his visit to the facilities of the new hospital in Cartagena "the maximum number of will be of 656 beds, of which 40% will be individual. "

Rosique alluded: "We assume that when the Department speaks of that 40% of beds means that individual will be in single, then logically all beds are single."

PSOE, however, did not leave the accounts because according to information given, would lack more than 140 rooms, because the number of rooms in new hospital will be 324.

Pediatric ICU

On the pediatric ICU, the Socialists were also able to see during this tour that the new hospital will not use this service, forcing the hospital to continue moving Arrixaca Virgin of all children who need such assistance.

The MP criticized that "this means that no power will be operated in Cartagena children to be subjected to surgical interventions requiring intensive care."

In that sense, the socialist parliamentary group rejects the justification given by the SMS of non-inclusion of a pediatric ICU in the new hospital because there is sufficient population in the area of health to do so.

"We believe the new hospital, which will be relevant not only to the area of health but also for the Mar Menor, is to some 400,000 users have sufficient population for this service, especially when it also receives a large number of population Floating in this tourist resort in the area.

To which we add the population growth will occur in the short and medium term, "he said.

Socialist Parliamentary Group will file a motion asking the Regional Assembly that the letter of the new hospital services including a pediatric ICU to ensure that children of the District of Cartagena to have secured this service and no longer have to deriving the Arrixaca.

Source: PSRM-PSOE