The NGO for the defense of Catalan Language Platform has denounced an alleged case of linguistic discrimination by making public that a doctor at the Dexeus University Hospital in Barcelona “refused to treat a patient because he spoke in Catalan”, and that in the care delivery flyer, to which the entity would have had access , “the facts are recognized and the user takes responsibility for having refused to speak in Spanish.”
In this document, Plataforma per la Llengua insists, in addition, the patient is insulted by calling the request to speak in Catalan “grotesque and xenophobic». The entity considers that “the facts are especially serious, because the same hospital made her wait an extra hour to find a doctor who understood her in Catalan, and because, despite having recognized the facts, the hospital has not committed to taking any action.” “no action against the doctor.”
The complaint has already motivated political reactions, and even the Junts group in the Parliament has demanded the appearance of the directors of Health, Olga Paneand Language Policy, Francesc Xavier Vila. “The Government must give explanations and defend Catalan speakers,” said Junts spokesperson, Mònica Sales.
For its part, Silvia Panequecounselor and spokesperson for the Generalitat, said, in the press conference after the Government meeting, that “in the field of health we must improve the use of Catalan” and has emphasized that the objective set is to reduce «the waiting list of people who want to learn Catalan». In this sense, it has shown its “global concern” in this matter and has recognized that in the areas of health and justice, “care in the Catalan language” must be improved.
Given the attempted lynching by Catalan separatists of a Dexeus doctor for asking a patient to speak to him in Spanish, Catalan Civic Convivencia REMEMBER that in Catalonia there is no general obligation to know Catalan.https://t.co/AFvK3PZzsR
— Ángel Escolano Rubio (@rubio_escolano) October 22, 2024
On the other hand, the president of Catalan Civic Coexistence (CCC), Angel Escolanoremembers that in Catalonia there is no obligation to know Catalan, only on the part of public workers, and regrets the “lynching” of the professional. «He is not an official of the Generalitat therefore he does not have to know the regional language. In this community there are two official languages and either of them is valid,” Escolano said in statements to ABC.
The president of CCC has denounced the campaign of harassment against health professionals who, to practice, “with all constitutional protection, use one of the two official languages in Catalonia.” Sources of Dexeus University Hospitalbelonging to the Quirón Group, consulted by this newspaper refused to make statements on the matter.
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