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The reduction of waiting lists and primary care have returned to focus the second meeting held by the Mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos and the Councilor for Health, José Ángel Ponce, with the manager of Area III Health, Enrique Casado .

The mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos, accompanied by the Councilor for Health of the City of Lorca, José Ángel Ponce, has received, this morning, the manager of Area III of Health and Rafael Méndez Hospital, Enrique Casado.

The mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos, has explained some of the main issues that have been discussed in this meeting, the second since Casado assumed the management of Area III, last November, as has been "the improvement of the primary care and emergencies, the need for a second health center that serves San Cristóbal, the second emergency service (SUAP) that would correspond to the municipality of Lorca, by population and territory, especially given the congestion suffered by the Primary Care Emergency Service (SUAP) of Sutullena, the most saturated in the Region, according to a Health report that shows that in the last year it registered 40,397 assists. "

Diego José Mateos has added that "the reduction of waiting lists both in Primary Care and in Specialties such as dermatology, traumatology, rehabilitation, urology or gynecology, and the streamlining of procedures for the implantation of the MRI service at the Rafael hospital Méndez, these have been other issues addressed. "

Mateos has affirmed that, as we did at the first meeting, we have returned to make the health claims that we have in this municipality, without forgetting, that Area III of Health serves the citizens not only of Lorca, but also to the residents of the towns of Águilas, Puerto Lumbreras, Totana and Aledo, who have the same right to receive the same quality of care as citizens of the rest of health areas of the Region of Murcia "

The Mayor stressed that "one of the commitments that we have acquired in this meeting is to collaborate closely from the Consistory and the Management of Health Area III to favor the improvement of the working conditions of the toilets so that Lorca can be a city more attractive when choosing your professional destination. "

The First Edil has once again highlighted, as he did in the first contact, "the manager's willingness to attend and listen to our demands and do everything possible to improve the overall health care. Attitude that has thanked the manager of Area III of Health with the main objective of attending to the needs of the citizens of Lorca in order to continue improving the health care of the municipality. "

For his part, the Councilor for Health, José Ángel Ponce, has insisted that "we will put all of our part, so that, within this new stage of institutional collaboration, we can achieve the challenge of making Lorca a benchmark in health matters and that professionals want to come to work at this hospital, provided, of course, with the resources that correspond to it ".

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca