PSOE denuncia la salud y la falsedad en las listas de espera
PSOE in Cantabria presented itself on Friday, before the prosecutor was announced against the officials of the Ministry of Health for the alleged «handling» of data and the «management» of waiting lists, actions that, in their opinion, could constitute crimes. For falsity and health documentation, «among others.»
Therefore, the party asked the prosecutor to investigate «in defense of the public interest.»
The complaint was filed at this lunch by the party’s organization secretary, Noelia Cobo, who currently serves as the party’s general secretary, considering that the party leader, Pablo Zuloaga, who was the one who announced its presentation, at this time.
In the series of events gathered in the complaint, the statements made in November by the then manager of Valdecilla, Dolores Acón, at a meeting of health directors in Madrid, where she referred to a «hidden agenda» to maintain waiting lists and said that the data from Cantabria were not believed, a problem that extends nationally.
Additionally, the complaint emphasizes that Acón questioned the information systems, stating that there are no «sincere» efforts in Cantabria because they are «reliable» and allow for «an agile and dynamic information repository at the moment» in other regions. A few days after these statements were made, Acón resigned.
According to PSOE, this issue denounced by Acón, «if true, would mean that both in the Ministry of Health and in the Cantabrian Health Service, health officials negligently handle the data.»
It also refers to PSOE’s complaint about the dismissal of Valdecilla’s admissions coordinator, Eloísa Canc, and specifically to the statements made in the Montañés newspaper, which claims that the hospital’s discourse wants to use her «as a attack dog» against the heads of the service.
According to PSOE, this could mean that «the hospital management could force positions to reduce waiting lists with criteria contrary to medical decisions,» which «would be a very worrying situation, in terms of what it would be. Make a matter of vital importance for health and people’s lives like medical waiting lists, with political interference, to reduce waiting lists against the guarantees and health of citizens and medical criteria.»
In the complaint, PSOE also talks about the «lack of transparency» in data submission to the ministry and «biased» on the website, «impossible to monitor,» something that PSOE says «leads us to believe that these public data are being falsified to the detriment of public health.
It is focused on denouncing the «lack of rigor» and «inconsistency» of the published data, with some that «do not fit» and attempt to «invent» by sending more patients to Santa «without filtering,» which surely «causes a higher number of rejections and, therefore, leaves the structural waiting list.»
The complaint presents documentation of the data published by the government to demonstrate the «manipulation» referred to.
After registering Cobo’s complaint, outside the Salesas judicial complex, Pablo Zuloaga arrived as the spokesperson for the parliamentary group, indicating that, with this action, «it leads to events» they announced that it will be that it will be that it will be that it will be that it will be that it will be that it will be that it will be that it will be that it will be that it will be that it will be that it will be that it will be that it will be that it will be that it will be that it will be that it will be that it will be that it will be that Hecho before the «scandalous» news that were known after the statements of ACón and CANGA.
Zuloaga emphasized that PSOE’s «objective» is «to clarify this situation, transparency and certainty are guaranteed in the waiting lists» published by the government of Cantabria and that those responsible for health, health officials, are investigated for crimes of document falsification and against health.
Zuloaga’s statements
Additionally, in response to press questions, Zuloaga dismissed the accusations of the Minister of Health, César Pascual (PP), connecting this complaint to his re-election campaign as the leader of PSOE in Cantabria.
«At this point, I don’t care what César Pascual says, a councilor who has been disapproved in the Cantabrian Parliament and has enough reasons to resign or be dismissed for the lack of certainty and responsibility in health management. Responsible for the government,» he stated.
Zuloaga said that the party and the parliamentary group are carrying out a «detailed monitoring» of health management by the government led by María José Sáenz de Buruaga, which, in their opinion, is «characterized by chaos.»
