Osakidetza.

During pregnancy, women have a close relationship with the health system: they have consultations with midwife, gynaecologist and nurse. As could be the key to identifying situations of gender-based violence. Anternational experts in San Sebastian have called for a coordinated response from the health and social spheres in the summer course on Violence and Motherhood.

They explain that with the agreement signed on Monday, some of the requests that doctors made specifically to Osakidetza have been settled, that their position on the Framework Statute has not changed, that they still disagree, and that the possibility of a strike remains on the table. 

The Medical Union of the Basque Country and the other unions that make up the State Strike Committee announced an indefinite strike from September, following the adoption of the General Statutory Framework in June. This agreement with the management of Osakidetza improves some of the working conditions of doctors, but does not meet all their demands.

The convicted person shall not be placed in prison by sentence unless he or she commits a new offence for two years.

In addition to the content of the document submitted by the Department of Health, the trade unions, with the exception of the Medical Union of the Basque Country, have complained that the agreement has been bilateral between the Department of Health and the SME and negotiated outside collective bargaining.

The document proposes a new model of guards, improved breaks and a progressive salary increase of up to EUR 300 per month. The Basque Medical Union has assessed the content of the agreement, but maintains the indefinite strike called by the Framework Statute for September.

UGT was the first union to respond to the proposal to be presented on Monday, although on previous occasions other organizations with representation in Osakidetza have also criticized the "preferential treatment" given to doctors.

The Medical Union of the Basque Country has welcomed the proposal, although it maintains the indefinite strike planned for September, since there is no agreement with the Ministry of Health on its own Statutory Framework.

The Department of Health will bring to the sectoral table on Monday a proposal for an agreement aimed at improving the working conditions of doctors. The text mainly provides for a revision of the guard model, an improvement in the rest system, a gradual increase in the remuneration of guards and a strengthening of professional recognition. On the other hand, the Basque Medical Union has stressed that the agreement does not satisfy all its demands, but has considered it to be a significant step forward and can also help to calm the current climate of conflict.

Personalized letters will be sent to about 20,000 patients who use benzodiazepines over a long period of time, in cases where benzodiazepines used to treat insomnia could be progressively reduced or eliminated.

Robotic surgery has long been used for various operations, but never for kidney transplant. The donor and patient are the mother and son of Vitoria. All in good health, a second kidney transplant will be performed in August in Cruces with the help of the robot.

Health Counselor Alberto Martinez has called for a reform of the current compensation system  . "Clear rules, sufficient protection and homogeneous criteria for all territories," he said.

Patient associations have been involved in the drafting of a new health transport contract worth EUR 650 million. 

The union has called for a plan to Euskaldunize workers who do not yet know the language at Osakidetza's headquarters in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Thanks to the early diagnosis of this rare neuromuscular disease, the baby has already been referred to Neuropediatrics at Donostia University Hospital, it is receiving gene therapy and its initial development is good. The neonatal screening programme, known as the heel test, makes it possible to detect 24 diseases.

The patient suffers from congenital eye pathology that affects his visual ability. After the first tests, experts have positively assessed the possibility of intervention to improve his prognosis. The Basque health system has already treated 28 gazatis.

The Basque health service will add 4 new MRI equipment to its network, for which it will invest EUR 5.5 million.