Galicia asks the Minister of Health for a specific plenary session to address the problem of the shortage of specialists in family medicine and pediatrics in primary care

During the meeting held this morning by the Interregional Council of the National Health System (CISNS), Galicia asked the new Minister of Health, Monica García, to hold a specific plenary session with all those responsible for the regional health systems, to address common problems. The problem of the shortage of doctors specializing in family, community and pediatric medicine in primary care.

The health advisor, Julio García Comesaña, congratulated the new minister on her appointment and explicitly asked her to urgently convene a plenary session of the Interregional Council of the National Health System, of a unilateral nature, to address the problem.

On the other hand, the advisor indicated that the Ministry of Health has not yet developed the 2018 agreement to update the standards for teaching training units.

Regarding the items on the agenda, Galicia voted in favor of the agreement to distribute funds to the autonomous regions to obtain plasma through Plasmaférese, while requesting a minimum time to evaluate the other proposals it received on Tuesday afternoon, so the evaluation was postponed to the next day. Monday.