Banalo has defended that the goal of the health department is «the improvement of medical care for patients, the care of our professionals,» however, «there are those who no longer exist,» which requires «a certain change,» such as implementing 35 hours and integrating the Continuous Care Team (MAC).
«From day one, we fought with our hands and negotiated with them,» said the Minister of Health, specifying that in the meeting with medical unions last Friday, «from the first 15 points they presented to us, we reached agreements on 12, there were 3. Then they presented number 16 and we couldn’t avoid it.
Regarding the obligation of shifts, one of the reasons for the dissatisfaction of health personnel, Banalo explained that it is not an issue issued by the Health Department, but it is collected «in the 1997 decree.» With respect to the exemption from shifts for professionals over 55 years old, the councilor emphasized the voluntary nature, because «not doing shifts will not benefit anyone when we lack professionals in the healthcare field.»
José Luis Banalo recalled that the proposal to modify obtained the «majority» of the reserve children on the sector table, although «different is the way in which we will apply it, in which we are in what we are.»
He trusted in reaching an agreement: «I would like us to come out with that agreement today. They proposed more time to improve the wording of this decree, I said yes, and we understand that this should be trusted.
