Combined image of a tweet from a family doctor and a demonstration. —Twitter / Europa Press
A health worker has shared a worrying image what reflect the sad reality of healthcare in more and more areas of Spain. The worker has published the list of query status that you should attend to The vast majority of them are teleconsultations.
Teleconsultations offer faster for professionals. But this speed occurs to the detriment of a higher quality treatmentsomething that does not depend on the doctors, who must face very long lists of citizens who demand attention.
This reality, marked by the lack of resources and personnel, makes the deterioration of healthcare in Spain more expensive, as in the Madrid’s communitywhere some workers reached the point of locking themselves in the region’s Ministry of Health to request a negotiation that addresses improvements in Primary Care.
In this case, the family doctor Teresa Mendez He has expressed his outrage through his Twitter account. “I did not study Medicine to treat my patients like this. Nor to treat myself like that”, she has lamented. She has also stated your defense of Primary Care.
I did not study Medicine to treat my patients like this.
Not even to treat myself like that.
I love my specialty, Family and Community Medicine.
Absolutely necessary.
in defense of #PrimaryAttention#YoApoyoAPrimaria pic.twitter.com/izFtD4Ajcy— Teresa Mendez (@tessa_mg) December 17, 2022
Some profiles have expressed solidarity with her, such as the user Marta Canino, also a family doctor. “I think it’s a sentiment shared by all of us who love primary school,” he has indicated in a response. Méndez’s comment has had a great impact on Twitter, where it has generated thousands of interactions and an avalanche of support and empathy.
#PrimaryAttention #YoApoyoAPrimaria
Be careful when voting #Memory ???????????? https://t.co/lGcXNh4yPJ pic.twitter.com/dZE5h6qfd1— Marion ???????? (@RosaMariaN9) December 19, 2022
No wonder future doctors do not want to dedicate themselves to Family Medicine. it’s demotivating https://t.co/gbwPh5nJOV
— Carlos Mateos, health communication consultant (@carloscomsalud) December 19, 2022
My goodness, the agenda from hell. https://t.co/qk5thrcabj
— MelatoniMetal Navideño???????????????? (@MelatoniMetal) December 19, 2022
Look at the appointment times. It is devastating, now I understand why my nurse and my family doctor are on leave. https://t.co/4JWG9fXD60
— The Sweet Pena (@LorenaCastro20) December 18, 2022
Think that each line is a patient. With his problem, his doubt, his fear. Now tell me that the doctor who treats them complains because he is a trade unionist or because he doesn’t want to work. Don’t you see that it’s everyone’s problem? #YoApoyoAPrimaria https://t.co/WE8NdMwGbF
— Ana Galera (@anagalera5) December 18, 2022
This is insane. They want to end public health. https://t.co/4SAruZlY3q
— MariaGamallo (@MariaGamallo) December 18, 2022
Four minutes for health demand in three and a half hours. If it is not a reason for a strike, for their mental health and for our health… https://t.co/jg8JzXLLlT
— Moni Galón (@netmonicadiez) December 18, 2022
work like slaves https://t.co/bSjzckQmNL
— Yolanda Cascajero ???? (@yolcascajero) December 18, 2022
This new complaint adds to the demands of health personnel related to the increase in material and personnel.