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Flu cases in the Basque Country have increased by 4% in the week following the Christmas celebrations
Osakidetza believes flu cases have reached their peak
After three consecutive weeks of declines in the cases detected, Osakidetza does not expect a "major upturn" for these days, as explained by the Director of Health Care, Koldo Berganzo, who believes that, following the experience this year, vaccination centres will be launched in the three ACV territories in the coming years.
The medical ambulance service in Elgoibar and Toulouse will be public from 7 January
The staff of the ambulances in Gipuzkoa may be subrogated in the Public Health System under the same conditions as before "until the corresponding places have been stabilized by OPE", and may remain in the company but in another workplace.
Influenza cases in the Basque Country have fallen by 41.5% in the last week and the incidence is 667.88 cases per 100,000 inhabitants
As a result of the evolution of the flu, Osakidetza has concluded that the campaign summit has passed, but has stressed the need to "pay close attention" to the evolution of the virus, especially due to the increase in social interactions related to the end of the year holidays.
ELA criticizes the publication of the ambulance service without subrogating the staff
ELA has reported that the Gipuzkoa Territorial Health Delegation has decided to terminate the current contract and, from 7 January, to take direct responsibility for the management of the medicalized ambulances in Tolosa and Elgoibar, a service that currently employs 45 professionals among doctors, nurses and health transport technicians, who have reported that "their work is currently threatened".
The Osakidetza Security Officer has been dismissed and charged with falsifying his qualifications
The alleged fraudster has been in office since 2023. He presented a false university degree to get a job, as he has now acknowledged.
The Basque Government expects almost half of the measures of the Health Pact to be implemented by 2026
The department headed by Alberto Martínez highlights that next year will be key to developing the measures agreed in the Treaty.
Flu falls for the second consecutive week in the CSC
Although the incidence of influenza has decreased, the Department of Health and Osakidetza have called for caution about the increase in social activity this Christmas.
The Department of Health has updated the vaccination schedule for 2026 by introducing a vaccine against the syncytial respiratory virus for adults
Housing is a growing concern for Basque society, and confidence in Osakidetza and the Ertzaintza is improving
Access to housing is the main problem for Basque society, according to the latest Deustobarometer, while concern for health, security and migration has declined and confidence in public services has been restored.
Osakidetza broke records in November with 34 transplants at Cruces Hospital
The center has carried out 25 kidney transplants and 9 liver transplants in just one month, strengthening its national and international leadership in this field.
Pradales has asked the Ministry of Health not to "obstruct" proposals to improve Osakidetza
The President, Imanol Pradales, has asked the Ministry of Health of the Spanish Government to "listen" and "at least not hinder" the proposals that the Basque Government is making to improve the situation in Osakidetza.
Pradales has asked the Ministry of Health "not to lay stones to hinder the improvement of the Basque health system"
He argues that the 2025-2032 plan envisages investments ranging from the "smallest health center" in hospitals to "cutting-edge technology."
The Basque Government will invest 1.6 billion in infrastructure and equipment in Osakidetza by 2032
Osakidetza will convene a OPE of 5,425 jobs by 2026
It will also convene a second Public Offer of Employment (OPE) in 2026 for difficult posts, with the aim of filling all the remaining vacancies .
The medical strike in the ACV on Friday has been followed up similar to the previous days
The Health Counselor asks the Minister of Health to "change his attitude" to the medical strike and the lack of professionals
Counsellor Alberto Martínez has expressed concern that no action is being taken to address the shortage of doctors and has asked for explanations of the organizational model proposed in the Framework Statute for medical guards.
19.4% of the doctors on the morning shift have joined the third day of strike, according to Osakidetza
The follow-up is therefore similar to that on Wednesday in the same shift (19.02%) and somewhat higher than on Tuesday (17.26%). At noon, dozens of health workers concentrated at the gates of the Txagorritxu Hospital in Vitoria-Gasteiz to claim their own status.
Hundreds of doctors in San Sebastian have called for their own status for "profession and patients."
The doctors who took part in today's mobilization have been at the gates of Donostia Hospital for more than half an hour with two placards with the slogan "For a medical and medical status" and several against 24-hour guards.
Osakidetza warns that the flu epidemic could hit its peak in Christmas week
The flu incidence data are almost four times higher than in the previous year: 438.87 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, so the Department of Health has again called on the population to get vaccinated and use the mask.