The Castile-La Mancha Medical Union (CESM-CLM) announced to ABC that it would face a new strike and even an indefinite strike in healthcare after Christmas If the regional Health Service (Sescam) or the … The Minister of Health, Jesús Fernández Sanz, continues to turn a “deaf ear” and “They do not move any type of token “for the resumption of professional career.
“Mr. Fernández Sanz and Mr. Emiliano García-Page They lost a golden opportunity to implement something that a court will sooner or later force them to do.“, because there is a huge comparative grievance with the rest of the neighboring regions”, assured ABC the deputy secretary of CESM-CLM, Sergio Pérez, after the end of the four-day medical strike at the national level.
Pérez recalled that not returning to his professional career implies a loss of talent in the regionsince the rest of the communities have them, many healthcare workers will leave in search of higher pay.
The Medical Union of Castilla-La Mancha is “very angry with the deaf ear of Sescam”, especially after that at the national level, The Ministry of Health has established a negotiation schedule “who were totally paralyzed since the start of the conflict”, even if their intentions remain to achieve a status of its own for medical personnel. “We want to have our own margin of negotiation that we can only find in our own status, so that, for example, if I exercise custody, I also want to negotiate under what conditions I exercise this custody,” he explained.
“Very high” surveillance in the region, more than 80%
The deputy secretary of the CESM-CLM declared himself “very satisfied” with the four-day medical strike which ends this Friday, ensuring that it constitutes a “historic demand for the unity of all medical unions” and had “a very high surveillance in Castile-La Mancha“.
In Primary care, secondary care were 61.5%“taking into account the fact that there are many practices in which there is only one doctor and he cannot strike”, while In hospital services, more than 80% continued the four days of strike. Data that Pérez highlighted despite the “maximum minimum services” established by the ministry.
“Now we must carry out an in-depth analysis of the minimum services and the hundreds of complaints that we have registered for obstruction of the right to strike throughout the autonomous community,” he added.
Finally, Pérez reported that there were no incidents in any concentration or demonstration and that continuity of care and minimum services have been guaranteed. “We have the right to strike, but we are extremely responsible and we did our job“, he concluded.