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The spokesman of the Municipal Group MC, Francisco Calderón, regretted that Citizens and the PP did not want to adhere to the motion
The municipal groups MC, PSOE and CTSSP will require, in the plenary session next Thursday, February 23, that the legal services of the City of Cartagena expedite, study and contemplate the possibility of denouncing the regional Executive for non-compliance with Law 3/2016, Of 21 of March for the operation one hundred percent of the hospital Santa Maria del Rosell like general hospital, since at present it is not doing it as mandated by the Regional Assembly.
It should be recalled that on February 7 the Joint Commission on Health was convened, composed of representatives of the municipal groups of the City of Cartagena, representatives of other councils of the Comarca, as well as the Platform in Defense of Public Health, and Chaired by the Councilor for Quality of Life, Francisco Calderón.
SMS data
This call was motivated by the publication, by the Murcian Health Service (SMS), of the data showing that Cartagena is still above the regional average in terms of delays suffered by patients to be cared for by a doctor Specialist and to be operated on surgically.
However, among the data published by the SMS itself, it is found that citizens of Area II Health, Cartagena and Comarca, who are on the waiting list to be operated have to wait on average 4 months (118) days, that is , 18 days more than
The regional average, or almost more than double that in the Morales Meseguer, located in the city of Murcia, since there have to wait to be intervened an average of 63 days.
For example, to be operated by an otolaryngologist, they have to wait 7 months (207 days).
And of the 5,913 people who are on the waiting list to be operated 1/3 (1,865 patients) exceeds 5 months of waiting (152 days).
Similarly, of 17,732 patients waiting to be seen by a specialist, more than 2,200 are undated.
Even for a diagnostic test, the average wait is 1 month (29 days), but if the endoscopy is to be performed, the Region has the highest rates of colon cancer in Spain, waiting almost 3 months (81 days).
Among the data published by the SMS itself, it should be noted that the citizens of Area II have to wait 11 months (332 days) to be seen by a rheumatologist and 8 months (246 days) to be seen by a pulmonologist.
Failure to comply with the Law for the full functioning of the Rosell Hospital
In order to put an end to this circumstance and the discrimination suffered by our region, it is imperative to comply with Law 3/2016 of March 21, for the full functioning of the Santa Maria del Rosell Hospital as a general hospital, an issue that today is not yet known Has carried out, breaching the regional Executive Legislative mandate.
Given these circumstances and the serious health consequences they may entail, during the course of the joint commission, it was requested that the municipal groups of the Consistory of Cartagena make a motion by bringing to light the data and requesting that the legal services of the City Council contemplate the possibility To denounce the Regional Executive for breach of the so-called 'Rosell Law'.
PP and Citizens, on the sidelines
The spokesman of the Municipal Group MC, Francisco Calderón, has highlighted the importance that this Law has for the Region of Cartagena.
Therefore, "I regret the decision of the PP and Citizens not to adhere to this motion," he said.
Likewise, he concluded by saying that "from the City of Cartagena we will continue to take the necessary steps to ensure that all citizens of the Region have the same rights in matters of Health".
Source: MC
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