Manacor hospital: up to 60 groups back complaint

Mallorca’s Hospital de Manacor faces a complaint backed by up to 60 organisations: the Dones de Llevant group fears a shortage of doctors and what it sees as a push towards privatisation. PSIB MP Patricia Gómez raised the group’s concerns in the Balearic Islands Parliament on Tuesday, 10 November.

Balearic health minister Manuela García rejected the picture of a hospital in decline. She said a plan to strengthen and rebuild it includes a proposed investment of 60 million euros. A new outpatient building and a new day hospital are already complete.

García said the workforce had grown by 17 per cent, or 232 staff. The hospital has 26 more specialist doctors than under the previous regional government and has added five midwives, she said. Both its routine and additional treatment activity have increased, according to the minister.

Topics: Health · Politics · Manacor

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com