The Government has called on the Ministry of Health and the medical unions to act "responsibly" in the run-up to this afternoon's meeting
After refusing to mediate with the Patient Associations, the medical unions are scheduled to meet at 3 p.m. with the Spanish Ministry of Health to negotiate the statutory dispute.
On Wednesday afternoon, the medical union will meet with the Spanish Ministry of Health to negotiate the statutory dispute. In this context, the Basque Government 's Health Adviser, Alberto Martínez, has called on both sides to act "responsibly"in order to" move forward "in the search for a solution. He has also called on the unions to accept mediation in order to help the parties to agree in the current" complex situation ".
Martinez has been "hopeful" about today's meeting and has stressed that everything suggests that the meeting will be with a "mediator", that is, with the mediation of the Patient Associations. In any case, the counsellor has recalled that the strike committee does not accept this figure as an intermediary, but believes that it will be present at the meeting.
In anticipation of further information following this Thursday's Interterritorial Council, Martinez has reiterated his concern about the situation surrounding the status of doctors, since the Counsellor has recalled that this competence falls entirely to the Ministry of Health.
He has said that the "impact" of the strike is "increasing" and "accumulating" every day, which is why he has insisted that "it would be good to act responsibly and accept mediation, especially because they belong to groups of patients, who are ultimately the most affected."
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