Lack of family doctors has negative consequences The pace of work at the Aragon Health Center Christmas period. Given that it is impossible to find a replacement for a physician who is on leave on these dates, Increased consultation waiting timeIn person or by phone, delays average up to two weeks in the capital Zaragoza. On top of this, there is significant pressure on healthcare as Covid-19 is on the rise due to high transmission of respiratory viruses and influenza has exceeded epidemic levels.
Make an appointment with a doctor Varies by center and even specialty. There are also differences between urban and rural environments. For example, according to Salud Informa’s application, the first consultation takes more than a week in the health centers of Rebolería, Parque Roma or Universidad in the capital of Aragon, while it takes more than a week in Fuentes Norte, La Jota, San Pablo or Arrabal. Arrive at 2 o’clock or 3 o’clock when arriving at Barrio de Jesús, San José Sur or La Paz.In this case, the user can Call your center in advance or make an appointment in person, Depending on the severity of the pathology, or if the delay with the doctor exceeds 72 hours, support consultation is requested, as long as volunteer staff are available.
Leandro Catalán, spokesman for the Medical Union, acknowledged that there are many holidays during the Christmas period and staff are on vacation.In this case, the working doctor must Dual consultation to take care of patients at other times. He said they can serve an average of 50 people a day. “There are no doctors, so there are no substitutes, which leads to a lot of work. We have to organize ourselves in the best possible way,” he explains. This in turn affects the waiting time for consultations.
Izarbe Galindo, president of the Aragonese Society of Family and Community Medicine (Samfyc), said that “delays depend on the medical center, the professional staff… There is a shortage of doctors, many of whom work in continuing care because they are not qualified Attractive positions”.Doctor shortage and Given the large number of retirees, there is a lack of generational change.
Elena Javierre, coordinator of the Zuera Health Center, adds another factor: “Due to the problem of lack of continuous care doctors, The guard must be the team’s own doctor, This in turn created bills that were not replaced, resulting in them missing consultations and colleagues bearing part of the quota. “All this adds to delays and results in a “lack of follow-up and continuity of care, which is one of the values of primary care”.
and Delia Lizana, Secretary General of the CC Federation of Health and Social Hygiene Sectors. oh.Aragon recognizes that the influenza epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic have ‘Primary health centers are saturated’ with ‘below minimum’ staff of professionals. “Some people have half staff because we’re on furlough and they can take advantage of the licenses they’ve got,” he said. In this sense, he said: “The failure of the health authorities to look ahead and take measures in the face of a lack of professionals exacerbated the suffering they were already suffering.”
A week in Huesca
In Huesca’s health center, it was also difficult to find space for face-to-face consultations until January 8.José María Borrel, president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, said that on these dates there is always a Respiratory infections resurgence This leads to a collapse of primary care and therefore hospital emergency services. He recalled that the health system’s resources were not “unlimited.”
By themselves, delays in the capital, Teruel, were not that severe.Representative of the Federation of Medical Societies of the Province of TeruelMariano Lozano noted that appointments at two health centers in the capital were delayed by about two to three days. For some doctors, it’s up to five.These difficulties are relatively few in the country In rural areas, care is often provided on the same day On the day of application, or at the latest the next day.