The ordeal experienced by the patients of the Valencian Health System as a result of the saturation of the health centers and the endless surgical waiting lists, is also suffered by those who require hospital care, with patients Up to 40 hours in the Emergency Department waiting for a bed on the floor at the Hospital Clínico de Valencia.
And not only that. This morning, according to union sources, in Observation A there were 16 patients provisionally admitted, with an average wait of 20 hours to be transferred to the plant. In Observation C, that average increased to 40 hours for his 11 patients. In total, 42 people waiting to be admitted to the room. The union complaint is that it is not a one-off situation, but It has been repeating itself for several days.
In the flagship hospital of the Valencian Public Health, La Fe, according to data from the Independent Central Union of Officials (CSIF) there were other 14 patients in the Emergency Department waiting for bed. And 11, in the General.
This circumstance has generated union complaints because it adds a problem of hospital saturation and space to which the health personnel, who do everything they can, can no longer cope. Therefore, CSIF has claimed today more staff and more means both in the Clinical hospital and in the rest, which also suffer from this hospital saturation. But they also need a Primary Care Plan that the unions have been waiting for more than two months from the Administration without it having been presented to them.
“We are waiting for them to explain how they are going to improve Primary Care to avoid collapse.” And this, because saturation in Primary Care causes many patients to be diverted to the Emergency Department of hospitals. And this circumstance is what ends up also saturating the aforementioned hospitals.
