The Government accuses Ayuso of “planning” the degradation of Primary Care

The government fights back. The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, has been in charge of responding to the attacks of the Madrid president Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who blamed the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, for the lack of doctors in Madrid this past Monday. With the data in hand, the Government has stated that Madrid has vacated 37 family doctor posts this year. one of the communities that have left 37 posts without offering”, Darias has wielded, paper in hand. Moreover, the Executive assures that the community of Madrid acts contrary to the rest of the autonomies. “Madrid is the antithesis”, affirmed the minister, since while in the rest of the places Primary Care doctors have increased by 36%, in Madrid they have decreased by 2%. is making those decisions, to reduce the medical staff in Primary Care, consciously. “In Health you have to manage and plan. It is evident what the Madrid planning model is,” Darias said ironically. The minister explained that family doctors are needed, and that while the rest of the communities increase the places, Madrid decreases them . “Someone understands that this being the most deficient specialty, Madrid not only does not follow the trail of the National System, but it goes against it,” the head of Health asked. Darias has not hesitated to explain the situation with data and graphs . “These are data that have to do with reality,” she has said. “At a time like this, you have to build bridges and not pour gasoline,” he reflected after Ayuso’s incendiary statements. In addition, the Government has made it clear that it will be “on the side of health professionals”, not those who “point them out”. and accuse them.”