Marea Blanca mobilizes thousands of people this Sunday in defense of public health in Andalusia

Thousands of people have participated this Sunday in the demonstrations called in the Andalusian provincial capitals, except in Cádiz, which was yesterday, on the platform White Tide in defense of public health.

According to the participation data provided by the Government Delegation in Andalusia, based on estimates from the National Police, they have been about 12,150 the people who have attended the demonstrations. Specifically, in Almería, there were 500 attendees; in Córdoba, 1,500; in Granada, 1,600; in Huelva, 400; in Jaén, 650; in Malaga, 1,500, and in Seville, 6,000. Marea Blanca numbered around 1,200 attendees yesterday Saturday at the demonstration in Cádiz.

For its part, Marea Blanca has also offered its own participation data in some capitals, such as Granada, 5,500 people; Malaga, 10,000, or Huelva, 600.

In Marea Blanca’s manifesto in the face of these new mobilizations, it is requested that the current crisis be solved through “a reasonable increase in spending to reinforce Primary Care staff and put into operation the capacities of public hospitals, currently untapped.” An expense that the platform has highlighted as “less than the extra costs that are given to private healthcare every year.”

In addition, it is added that “the waiting lists for the most in-demand specialties can be solved by opening an afternoon shift with new staff in 20 Andalusian hospitals.”

The manifesto indicates that “the average time for an appointment in Primary Care exceeds 15 days“and professionals are “precarious, bureaucratized and unable” to carry out their functions. Likewise, it is noted that the “delays” for tests, consultations with specialists and surgical treatments “currently reach more than a million Andalusians”.

The demonstrations have been attended by representatives of political groups such as the PSOE or IU and Sumaras well as social agents.

Juan Espadas: “enough of diverting resources from public to private healthcare”

Thus, the general secretary of the PSOE-A, Juan Espadashas participated in the demonstration called in Seville, in which he has indicated that citizens take to the streets to tell the president of the Board, Juanma Morenothat “enough of diverting resources from public to private healthcare” and has predicted that he will have to give “explanations in court.”

Juan Espadas has indicated that the socialists are present in the demonstrations called by Marea Blanca to “reclaim our public health before the increasing deterioration and very clear” that he has been suffering since Juanma Moreno arrived at the Board.

For his part, the general secretary of CCOO of Seville, Carlos Aristuwhich has encrypted more than 50,000 people those attending the demonstration in the Andalusian capital, pointed out that public health has been the “jewel in the crown” of Andalusian society for years and that is why it must be defended against the “privileged” members of the Junta.

For his part, the general coordinator of IU Andalucía and deputy of Sumar in Congress, Antonio Valerohas participated in the demonstration called in Malaga, in which he has indicated that we must go out into the “streets” because the autonomous government of the PP-A is “diverting funds from public to private healthcare”, which is why the president of the Board, Juanma Moreno, “has to give explanations.”

He has pointed out that Andalusian society has been demonstrating in the streets for six years in defense of public health, because Moreno Bonilla is worsening the health of Andalusians while improving the accounts of private clinics.

For his part, also in Malaga, the general secretary of the Malaga PSOE, Dani Perezhas demanded that the president of the Board “listen to the citizens because healthcare has never been as bad as it is now.” “Public health users, professionals, neighborhood groups and left-wing political parties are demanding that Moreno Bonilla listen to the public; the health situation has never been as bad as it is at the moment,” he said.

Listen to ‘cry from the street’

Since the Granada demonstration, the general secretary of the Granada PSOE, José Trainshas urged Juanma Moreno to “listen, once and for all, to the clamor of the street and to put an end to the destruction of public health in the province that is causing critical situations in Primary Care centers and eternal waiting lists in hospitals “. “What else has to happen for the president of the Board to take action on the matter and rectify his disastrous management at the health level?” Entrena asked, lamenting that “his priority is to benefit the private sector to the detriment of the public”.

José Entrena: “What else has to happen for the president of the Board to take action on the matter and rectify his disastrous management at the health level?”

The senator and secretary of Organization of the PSOE of Almería, Antonio Martínez Rodríguezhas defended, since the demonstration in the capital of Almería, public health as a key element in the lives of all Andalusians. “This health model that worked, which obviously had to be improved, but which has been equitable and fair until now so that no one had to use a credit card to be cured, is what we have to fight for again, since the PP is putting an end to it,” he indicated.

For her part, the Secretary of Organization of the PSOE of Jaén, Isabel Ucedahas denounced in the demonstration called in the capital that we are witnessing “the demolition of public health in Andalusia” by Moreno and has warned that “the worst consequences” are occurring in the province of Jaén.

Training members Jaén Deserves More He also attended to reiterate his commitment to improving health conditions in the province, “a matter of vital importance for the quality of life” of citizens.

From Córdoba, the Andalusian parliamentarian of the PSOE Isabel Ambrosio He has stated that the president of the Board has taken public health “to the precipice” and that “it is time for all of us to take to the streets to force the PP Government to cut and reduce the funds and resources it gives to private health care.” .