United Left-Greens today demanded the immediate reopening of hospital wards, providing them with relevant health personnel to solve the chaos, saturation and collapse that is living in the Hospital Santa Lucia.
Such a request is made by collecting the sentiments of the vast majority of citizens, as has been demonstrated in two mass demonstrations and tens of thousands of signatures collected.
The formation of the left believes that the City should take charge of the claims of citizenship and these became clear that pass through have two hospitals to serve the population of Health Area II.
For several days over fifty people are forced to stay more than 15 hours waiting to have a bed on the ground, having to wait in corridors and not always in bed, but even chairs.
And this lucky, because there have been people who have had to wait for lack of standing or even with despite his health seat.
It has even been cases that have been suspended scheduled to try to free beds to meet the demand generated from the emergency operations.
This fact, which has not helped to alleviate the above problem of lack of beds, is more serious considering that some interventions were Oncology, a disease whose treatment speed is vital.
"It is clear that Cartagena needs two hospitals, as promised and as demand citizenship, which is what pays utilities with their taxes. Taxes to be spent on what is really necessary and not megalomaniac projects and fattening envelopes as For example, an airport without airplanes, "said Councilwoman Maria Rosa Mateo.
Failure to open these plants in Rosell "will lead to a lack of quality of care, with consequent damage to the health and dignity of the people who have to go to the ER, perpetuating situations that are endemic in this city for years and that promised that they would be solved with the new hospital, "concluded Councillor United Left-Greens.
Source: IU-verdes Cartagena