Totana City Council has asked the Ministry of Health that, as soon as possible, operate the Health Councils Area and Basic Health as bodies for effective community participation in the Public Health Services Murcia region.
This was approved a few months ago, unanimously, the full Consistory totanero a proposal from a motion totanero Socialist Group.
According gathered in the proposal, social and community participation in public health services is essential for citizens and users of health know firsthand health planning, contribute ideas and suggestions, control health programs that affect them and final protagonists feel.
In the Regional Assembly it has been many initiatives both in the form of motions or amendments to budgets aimed at achieving community participation is a real and effective time all organizational and territorial levels within the structure of the Public Health System Murcia;
but there have been political commitments and promises that have not come true.
Specialties citation system
In addition, the municipal government has also urged the Ministry, following the plenary mandate to resolve immediately the problem resulting from system malfunction citation medical specialties in Area III of Health, which currently requires patients multiple pilgrimages for the appointment review process.
The Department of Health also calls for the implementation of a system of medical citation in the "Rafael Mendez" hospital similar to that developed in other referral hospitals as the "Virgen de la Arrixaca", so that the patient leaves the center your medical appointment or test already diagnosed already assigned.
Has also been approved to develop an information and outreach campaign through which users of Area III of the municipality of Totana are knowledgeable about the provisions that can accommodate to be addressed in cases where the Ministry fails to meet the deadlines patient care.
