Pamplona, 2 Dec (EFE).-the Government of Navarra has reported this evening that it has yet to an agreement with La Rioja to ensure health expert assistance to the patients in populations bordering both territories.
This information the has spread the foral Executive about two hours before he announced, in a statement that both Governments had reached an agreement which would be signed on Monday, day 5, Logroño by the ministries of health of both Governments.
By a second release, the foral Government has pointed out that “the communication service has spread this afternoon, by mistake, a press release about an agreement between Navarre and Riojan Governments for health care specialist to neighbouring municipalities”.
“However – continues the text – at this time (21: 00 hours today Friday) negotiations between both administrations have not yet completed and, therefore, we have proceeded to withdraw that the portal of the Government of Navarra press release on the internet”.
The two Governments, since the La Rioja denounced the agreement last October, are trying to close from days ago a protocol to ensure that the conditions for the provision, by its hospital services, of health care specialist to the municipalities bordering the two communities.
Navarra’s health, Marta Vera, counselor said yesterday that lack with La Rioja was not for economic reasons but that was due to the “complexity” of a problem affecting several autonomous communities, as the Basque country, which has a similar with conflict the Riojan. Executive
The Ministry of health has urged today the Government of La Rioja to meet patients from towns bordering the province of Ãlava, leaving without effect your order does not provide health care specialist, non-urgent patients of residents in the towns of this area.
