The Delegate of the Government, Sabrina Moh, has once again extended her hand to the local Executive to be able to put the new University Hospital of Melilla at the service of the Melilla citizens as soon as possible.
In the Zero Wave Breakfasts program, the head of the Government Delegation explained that, when she sent a letter requesting a meeting with the Councilor for Development, Miguel Marín, it was to give a solution to this issue. “The objective is to sit down and talk and see how we can solve this, if a license can be granted in phases,” he said, especially when “it is a provisional license, so it is necessary that it is granted already to start all the necessary preparations to start the hospital, which is the important thing.”
“I put myself in the shoes of the citizens and what they want is for this infrastructure to start working. And, obviously, I as a representative of the central government in the city and, therefore, as Ingesa, the only thing I want in this is for the hospital to start working,” he said.
Moh has stressed that he has first-hand information on health infrastructure but has insisted that his only goal has been to work to put solutions in place. “I do not know why it bothers Mr. Marín so much that we sit at a table for dialogue,” he acknowledged and made it clear that in order for this meeting to materialize it only needs to materialize one day and one hour.
As Moh explained, the Ingesa is working to solve all the incidents that the City has pointed out but has clarified that the impediments to the first occupation license of the new Hospital are easily solvable and are issues such as missing symbols in the shower or that, on the plane, the existence of a door has not been reflected.
At this point, the Delegate insisted that “regardless of the crossing of letters” what matters to the Melillenses are the solutions and therefore “I continue to extend my hand to dialogue and make it clear to the citizens that we will continue working to make the hospital a reality as soon as possible”.
More media and doctors
During the radio interview and continuing with health matters, the Government Delegate has addressed the issue of doctors in the health system of Melilla and has advanced that there will be additions of specialists in the coming days.
But, in any case, he recalled that, in 2018, when he acceded to the Government Delegation, there were 123 doctors specialized in the Regional Hospital and today there are 146, and all this at a time when our city has a lower health care pressure and greater budgetary allocation.
“Should we continue to improve? Of course, that’s one of the goals we have, but we can’t say we worked better before,” he said. “With fewer doctors than there are now, with less budget and with more assistance pressure, were we better?”, he asked and stressed that this message cannot be passed on to the citizens because it is false.
“What are some voices claiming when they talk about going back to 2018? That we return to 3,000 deliveries per year compared to the 700-800 we have today?, That we will have less budget and that we will have fewer specialists again?”
Sabrina Moh has stressed that work is being done to incorporate more specialists, but she has recalled that it is not a problem that only Melilla has, and she has referred to the demonstrations that are taking place in Andalusia or Madrid due to the lack of doctors.
Claim for doctors
Continuing with this issue, the Delegate has pointed out that, when the University Hospital is in operation, it will be a demand for the arrival of health professionals, given that this infrastructure will have the leading equipment on the market.
“It is not the same to come to provide service to the Regional Hospital, which we have seen that has already become obsolete, than to come to provide service to one such as the University Hospital, which is about seven times bigger than the current one and equipped with cutting-edge equipment in the market, so Melilla is going to be a more attractive destination for those doctors who start their professional trajectory,” he said.
But Moh has also referred to the working conditions of these professionals and has contrasted the contracts that were made when the Popular Party ruled against the contracts that are currently being made. “It’s not the same to hire any professional with precarious contracts of short duration, to contracts longer than in the end what it does is also to root people in the city,” he argued.