San Diego Lorca Health Center is the largest number of booklets by family doctor throughout the Region of Murcia, with 1986 patients per physician.
Marisol Sanchez Jodar, Deputy Speaker and special responsibility for Health Municipal Socialist Group, has highlighted the "overcrowding experienced users Health Area III" and specifically assigned to the Health Center-San Diego Lorca.
The Socialist councilor, echoing complaints that yesterday he presented the users of the center of Lorca-San Diego Health has published some images that can be observed long queues for both obtaining appointment as for primary care consultations "situation resulting from not fill the positions that in this period are vacant vacation, causing exist professionals today are doubling their share of health files, what saturation adds bankbook they suffer for the rest of the year ";
"Violating the mandate issued by the Regional Assembly on the duplicity of the agendas of the physicians," notes Sanchez Jodar.
The Socialist mayor noted that "in 2007 the Ministry of Health signed a consistent agreement on a maximum number of 1200 patients per family doctor, with protests Platform 10 minutes, composed of all sectors of primary health care stalled ";
well, "9 years later, this situation not only not changed but continues to worsen, with the aggravation of the summer in which we live, another breach over Regional Popular Party government in health, depriving Murcia and therefore Lorca in a dignified quality of care, "he laments.
Sanchez Jodar has data on the table to show that, "Health Centers Primary Care Area III, in which the town of Lorca is included, is suffering higher saturation" above also saturated Health Centres of Murcia and the Mar Menor;
standing, "at an average of 1453 by professional users", specifying the mayor that "in the case of the Health Center San Diego Lorca data above average, becoming 1986 patients per family doctor";
"Official data obtained from the website of the Ministry of Health of the Region of Murcia, when it agreed in 2007 by the regional government were 1200 patients per doctor," he says.
For the Socialist councilor "the data are alarming, the Popular Party government, with the complicity of the City of Lorca and its mayor at the head, is playing with the health of Lorca" and requires popular responsible "to take action on this matter, which comply with the commitment made in 2007 and once and for all take the necessary measures to eliminate saturation experienced by professionals of public health and its users, "adding that" if the Popular Party starts working on this line will be the Socialist Party of his hand, working side by side by and for users of public health ", but on the contrary," continue on the current path to belittle the health of users of public health, we will face, denouncing each and every one of the abuses that occur. "
Source: PSOE Lorca