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| The councilor for this training, Gloria Martín, recalled that humanizing hospital stays, creating environments according to the needs of patients, distracts , generates more confidence and reduces tension, especially in minors | The councilor of Izquierda Unida-Verdes, Gloria Martín, has transferred the complaints of users of the regional hospital Rafael Méndez de Lorca about the closure of the access and the specific waiting room for pediatric patients who need to be treated in the Emergency Department, and that they were enabled at the beginning of the health crisis generated by COVID-19.In addition, the space for minors that existed in the ER prior to the adoption of these measures, has been destined for patients with respiratory pathologies, so, currently, there is no place enabled as a children's waiting room.For this reason, the mayor of IU-Verdes has urged the management of Rafael Méndez to establish a specific circuit for minors and their families, minimizing the anguish that many children have when they find themselves in a hospital environment.

Humanizing the rooms, creating environments according to the needs of the patients "distracts, generates more confidence and lowers the tension," Martín explained.Martín has also called for the reinforcement of pediatricians in this area, since minors are only cared for by these specialists if indicated in the triage area and not generally.Opening of health centers in the afternoonOn the other hand, Martín celebrated the announcement made yesterday during the Debate on the State of the Region by the president of the community, Fernando López Miras, regarding the opening of health centers in the afternoon.

A measure demanded with insistence by Izquierda Unida.In this regard, the mayor of IU-Verdes has asked that it not be a "temporary" measure but a "permanent one", since the saturation problems in Primary Care "already existed before the coronavirus."Martín recalled that the closure of health centers in the evening hours decreed by the PP seven years ago has led to a "brutal" work overload for doctors and nursing personnel, and also a significant decrease in the quality of care.

In addition, it has been primed primarily with the working class, by preventing many users of the public health system from going to their family doctor if it is not at the cost of losing hours of their workday."Doctors and nurses need time to talk to their patients, which would improve efficiency, optimize resources, and even reduce waiting lists in specialties," said Martín.

Reopening the consultations in the afternoon and betting on proximity care is also a smart measure to reduce healthcare spending, "since emergency care is more expensive than that provided in Primary Care," he concluded.

Source: IU-verdes Lorca