Four representatives of different left parties of La Marina Alta They issued and expressed, yesterday, a joint communiqué against the closure of night emergencies in various towns in the region. Saül Ortolà (Republican Left of the Valencian Country), Jordi Serra (PSPV-PSOE), Lluís Torró (Esquerra Unida), Sergi Ferrús (BLOC-Compromís) and Xavi Pons (Platform in defense of the Public Health); They joined in a single voice to highlight the legal irregularities that are going to be committed with the decision of the company Marina Salud to close the Continued Attention Points of some municipalities.
In the letter the various political forces stated that, according to the General Law of Health, the urgent attention of primary care is not a proper function of hospitals and that the inhabitants of a basic area should not go to them for problems that do not present greater complexity. In addition, they added, violates a right established by the 16 / 2003 LAW, 28 May, cohesion and quality of the National Health System. This law establishes the right to primary care at home and the representatives of the left believe that, when the doctors of the Health Center pass through Hospital de DéniaIt will not be performed emergency care home that was made by the professionals of the Health Center, on the other hand, without receiving any amount for mileage.
On the other hand, expressed the illegality of the miscommunication between the company and the mayors of the affected municipalities, they say, they heard about the closure of PAC's by the press. For all of them, Marina Health has denied the exercise of its powers and prevented any leeway that might exist by law. Current health law states on this issue that municipalities should participate in the management bodies of the areas of health and the duty to verify the adequacy of the actions in the area of health standards and guidelines of health policy and economic.
