The first three days of the medical strike have led to the suspension of 46 surgical operations and 994 primary care consultations in Ibiza and Formentera, according to data released by the Balearic Health Service (IbSalut). The mobilization responds to the rejection of the medical collective to the draft of the new
In the Pitiusas islands, the strike has also caused the cancellation of 150 hospital consultations, 54 radiological tests and 29 diagnostic tests.
Rally at Can Misses
Thursday included a rally in front of the Can Misses hospital at 11:30 am, where the union leader in the Pitiusas, Carlos Rodríguez, read a manifesto rejecting the current draft of the Framework Statute, considering that “it does not recognize the uniqueness of medical practice or limit marathon working hours”.
The protest coincided with the meeting held by the Minister of Health, Mónica García, with the Strike Committee in Madrid. It was also attended by the president of CESM, Miguel Lázaro, who reiterated the will to continue the strike if no real progress is made.
Criticism of the “lack of willingness to negotiate”.
The doctors denounce that the new Statute does not guarantee rest, nor does it adequately regulate forced mobility or working hours. In the words of the committee itself, the Ministry has shown a “total lack of willingness to negotiate“, although it has agreed to create technical tables by professional categories.
Carlos Rodríguez, in statements collected during the protest in Ibiza, stressed that “the doctors of the Pitiusas cannot assume more cuts or overload care”, and criticized that the draft “completely ignores the needs of the smaller islands”.
Simebal estimates that the follow up of the strike in Ibiza has been similar to the rest of the archipelago, standing at around 85%. In addition, it stresses that the minimum services in emergency and critical areas have been respected, but regrets that the suspension of ordinary activity is “seriously affecting patients”.
