Two thousand Basque children have booked flu shots

Two thousand Basque children have booked flu shotsEP

Osakidetza started a flu and covid-19 vaccination campaign last Monday in health centers in the Basque Country targeting high-risk groups and people over 60 years old, with more than 100,000 appointments scheduled so far, including More than two thousand people are vaccinating children between six months and five years old against the flu.

Immunizing young children against the flu virus is a highlight of this year’s event.

As far as the coronavirus is concerned, Basque Health Minister Gotzone Sagardui said yesterday Wednesday that she believed Citizens have “socialized their emotions.” In his view, there is “some degree of normalization”, that is, people are “equipped with better defenses, the virus is evolving all the time, and the contagion sometimes spreads, fortunately in a much milder form than before. More.” The infection outbreak begins. ”

However, he warned “We can’t even forget it’s there, recognizing that the epidemiological situation is much better, we should not lose our fear. ”

Questioned during an interview with Radio Bilbao On whether he fears the conflict at Osakidza will intensify In view of the approaching elections, he pledged ‘Health does not have to be an area of ​​political conflict’but this is “a priority for citizens, so we should all be working hard to ensure that the response gets better every day and that we can return to the level of satisfaction we had before the pandemic.”

“We have a promise and we want to fulfill it together with the citizens”he said, believe “Whether there is an election or not, let us fulfill our responsibilities in this regard.”

Sagardui also referred to a complaint filed by the ESK union that Osakidetza would lay off staff at the Txagoritxu emergency operating room. In this sense, he declared that “there will be no layoffs” in the Txagoritxu operating rooms, but “the schedules of all the professional groups that serve these operating rooms will be adjusted” in order to “meet the necessary needs”.

“No cuts”

“No cutswe are discussing adjusting our existing offers and requirements.This is the response we have to the greatest need of our citizens, which is to reduce waiting lists using our own resources or the resources we share with the third sector,” he reiterated, ensuring that the goal is that these waiting lists “are there because because “We must prioritize addressing this epidemic and not get further ahead.”

Likewise, he cited the “adequacy” of the PAC’s summer schedule, noting that the reality of demand at medical centers over the summer is “not the same” as it will be for the rest of the year, and in recognizing that there is, he assured, a “shortage of professionals.” The reduction in clinic opening hours was not in response to a “desire not to hire a replacement”.

As he noted, it was necessary to “adapt the resources we have to meet the needs of the moment and send an absolutely clear message that care is available at any time and anywhere in Bascoti.”