TOLEDO, 20 ( EUROPA PRESS)
The PSOE in Castilla – La Mancha has deplored the increase in the regional health care waiting lists and has criticised the “lack of transparency” of the Government of Maria Dolores Cospedal, that since December of last year have not returned to publish on the website of the health service of the Autonomous community (SESCAM).
Thus said it at press conference the Deputy regional Socialist Fernando Mora, who says that this fact is contradictory with the transparency Act that wants to push the Government of Mariano Rajoy. “Here they have to learn a lot of transparency”, he added.
Mora pointed out that on the website of the SESCAM remain the maximum periods of response for patients according to the law on specialized health care guarantees, that provides 90 days for surgical interventions, 15 days for consultations of specialized care or seven days for specialized diagnostic tests, but has assured that “you have exceeded in many cases”.
Specifically, according to the data of the own SESCAM from May to December 2011, Mora said that Toledo vascular surgery has gone from 62 to 133 days, in Albacete in the outpatient obstetric Gynecologic has gone from nine to 23 days, that in Guadalajara have passed 21 to 111 days in the waiting time for a resonance or that trauma operations have gone from 67 to 111 in Tomelloso (Ciudad Real) days.
Data specific to the PSOE
These data of the own Ministry, regional Deputy has joined the information which has received the PSOE has on a patient from the Centre of Toledo specialties you been convened to do some tests of vascular surgery for the 2013 at first visit may 13.
Also said that it is satisfied, also in the Centre of specialties of Toledo, that Ophthalmology was this citing in March to September or digestive endoscopy are citing to the year 2013. “These are the dates that are hidden to us and that are not already published”, has been added.
Therefore, the Socialist responsible has claimed that he is data “very serious” affecting the deterioration of public health of Castilla – La Mancha and that “leave without guarantees” to the citizens of the autonomous community.
Maternity of the Virgin of health
Mora wanted to also denounce the past weekend a part of plant maternity of the Virgin of the health of Toledo Hospital was occupied by patients “that have nothing to do” with this area, “with the drawbacks that this has to all intents and purposes”.
With this, you have added, is calls into question the stoppage of the future Hospital of Toledo by the regional government. A Hospital “necessary” because the Virgen de la Salud “is very inadequate and we will generate many problems in future as a result of the slowdown” of the new health centre.
COPAYMENT and financing
Mora has also alluded to the autonomous financing applied to health and to the health copay applied by the Government of Catalonia, which said that “it is paving the way for what the PP and Cospedal are doing in Castilla – La Mancha”.
On the co-pay, has insisted that “it is a serious mistake” that generates territorial inequalities and citizens, “some sites pay and others not”.
Also said that the measures which are taken in the health field for each of the autonomous communities are creating differences among citizens, “that will be very complicated deal”.
Is why what has said that “it is important”, in a debate on financing, have the consideration of a model that includes health and equality in public services and Castilla – La Mancha has to demand “a model of balanced funding” to Rajoy.
