“I agree! Do I have to sign?” Marisa confirmed, approaching a small table in front of the Vicente Soldevilla health center in Puente de Vallecas. at this point. Under the banner of defending public health, Feder spent half the morning soliciting support from dozens of neighbors who attested to the unsustainable conditions in which his clinic found itself. “Everything was terrible and I didn’t want to go into the private sector because I’d been working for something my whole life,” the 59-year-old continued.
Seven months after unions reached an agreement with the health ministry to end a 123-day indefinite strike, problems remain in centers such as Puente de Vallecas. Mainly concentrated in the afternoon shift, positions that are difficult to fill. On Wednesday, during that shift, Vicente Soldevilla received only consultations from Dr. Daniel García and Dr. Beatriz Arribas. In order to take care of her daughter, she reduced her working hours by 50%, and her departure time is 5:30 pm. Him, 80%: Thursday and Friday afternoons, Monday mornings and Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Since then, there have been no doctors at the center.