The Balearic Parliament has urged the Government to work on the creation of a pain unit at Can Misses Hospital, in Ibiza, for the specialized care of patients with chronic pain and complex acute pain, according to the agreement reached this Tuesday in the Health Commission. The initiative has been approved unanimously and responds to a non-legislative proposal (PNL) presented by the PP.
Popular deputy Sandra Palau has defended the proposal, which calls for this new health unit to be integrated by a multidisciplinary team, with professionals in anesthesiology, nursing, psychology, physiotherapy and other health specialties, with the aim of providing comprehensive care to affected patients. Mallorca and Menorca already have health units of this type.
In addition, the approved PNL requests the regional executive to include the necessary budget allocation in the next budgets to ensure both the implementation and maintenance of this pain unit in the reference hospital of Ibiza, the Can Misses Hospital.
Tie in another initiative on the Joan March Hospital
In the same session, the Health Commission has debated another proposition of law presented by the PSIB, related to the Joan March Hospital (Bunyola), whose vote has ended in a tie, with six votes in favor (Unidas Podemos, MÉS per Mallorca and PSIB) and six against (PP).
The initiative demanded that the Government make public the minutes of the bilateral monitoring committee of the agreement of the Program to Promote the Rehabilitation of Public Buildings (Pirep), corresponding to December 13, 2023, as well as any document justifying the withdrawal of the Joan March Hospital from phase two of the program.
The proposal also asked the regional government to present a comprehensive rehabilitation plan for the hospital within a maximum period of three months, with a timetable, budget and detailed sources of financing, including structural, energy and functional actions, and to ensure that the refurbishment would be carried out with sufficient public funds, whether European, state or regional.
