The Autonomous Community of Madrid will strengthen public hospitals in the region 1,800 health professionals within the framework of the winter programThe program was launched this week in light of the increased demand for care due to the incidence of seasonal influenza and other typical respiratory illnesses during the season, which represents a 12.7% increase compared to 2022.
This was announced by the Minister of Health, Fatima Matut, At a plenary session of the Madrid parliament on Thursday, he detailed what they would include 120 physicians, 596 nursing professionals, 561 assisted care technicians (TCAE), 115 nursing staff and 22 laboratory technicians, for a total of 1,414 adult nursing staff.
In addition, regional public health will “Harden” your templates for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), is the main cause of bronchiolitis in children. According to the consultant’s explanation, in this case, there were 30 pediatricians, 188 nursing professionals, 150 assistants and 18 guards, for a total of 386 people in pediatrics.
Precisely to prevent this infection, the Madrid community has started on October 2 Vaccinate 50,000 babies. “Our commitment is to continue to guarantee high-quality health care for the people of Madrid at all times and in all circumstances,” Matut explained, adding that the winter plan will also increase the number of beds due to growth in traditional hospitalizations and intensive care.
Therefore, there will be 1,075 more (+5.5%) than last year, of which 166 will be for children and adolescents and 61 for patients in intensive care units.
daily monitoring
The plan includes Three phases are activated based on the frequency of hospital emergency visits. To this end, the dashboard will monitor data on a daily basis in order to monitor the epidemiological and healthcare situation in detail so that resources can be allocated where they are most needed.
Furthermore, this initiative Requires efforts from all levels of nursing staff Madrid Public Health Departments such as Primary Care, Hospital Care, SUMMA112 and the General Directorate of Public Health, which has a sentinel surveillance system for acute respiratory infections caused by influenza viruses, COVID-19 and RSV.
The network detects and controls the incidence, epidemiological and microbiological characteristics of circulating pathogens in order to provide the most appropriate response as quickly as possible.
blame beyond
During the government-controlled meeting, Matut and the Socialist bloc exchanged views on the lack of health professionals, which Socialist representatives condemned. Carlos Moreno Vinues He asked counselors what was the point of “training and training” doctors if they “cannot be retained” and demanded improvements in the pay and working conditions of these workers.
Faced with this situation, Fatima Matut asked the socialists to put aside their “ideological prejudices” and join local government “to improve the health of the nation” because “even though they do not want to admit it”, the health professionals Lack of “is a problem”. National issues” “depend not only on the Madrid Community, but on everyone. “
Moreno Viñues Remembers Delays in specialist appointments “until 2025”, “emergencies without a doctor” or “thousands of children without a designated pediatrician”. “Madam Counselor, this has really broken Spain’s heart and torn many families apart,” snapped the deputy. She criticized the PP government between 2012 and 2018 for “dramatic cuts in MIR quotas” at the national level that “significantly limited the current available resources”. professional.
However, Matute defended the measures being implemented by his ministry on organizational, economic and labor stability issues, before asking the socialists to join the demands of the regional administrations to develop a human resources plan at the national level, Allowing “an increase in the number of training places at the Institute” or MIR and “providing good services” to citizens “not only in Madrid” but “in the whole of Spain”.