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A case of tuberculosis has activated the prevention and control protocol at the UPV Faculty of Sciences
The Department of Health of the Basque Government and Osakidetza have identified 70 contacts that will be reviewed and monitored in the coming days.
Osakidetza will launch an immunization campaign against acute bronchiolitis in babies on Monday
A climber who fell on Mount Untzillaitz has been rescued
On the south side of the mountain, the 30-year-old man has fallen from a height of 8 metres and, after being rescued by helicopter, has been taken to Cruces hospital with injuries.
Osakidetza will use a neural translator to translate written information from queries in Basque into Spanish
Thanks to this tool, professionals will be able to include information in Basque in the patient's history, and those who are not bilingual will be able to access it "without problems of interpretation".
26 heat deaths in the Basque Country in August
In summer, there have already been 65 deaths from pathologies associated with excessive temperatures.
Osakidetza treated 26 people affected by high temperatures this Friday
The most obvious symptoms have been dizziness, loss of consciousness and tiredness.
Ten people have been treated in Osakidetza ER for high temperatures
Nine patients have had to be taken to hospital, and most of the cases have been in Gipuzkoa and Álava. The Department of Health recommends extreme caution, following the 2025 Heat Plan, especially in risk populations.
A series of tips to deal with extreme temperatures
The Basque Government has warned that the heat accumulated in the last few days and planned until the end of the week necessarily requires an increase in preventive measures, for which it has published a number of recommendations:
Osakidetza has launched the first state study for early detection of type 1 diabetes in the pediatric population
More than 6,000 people will participate in the work led by the Basque Country. Sintoma Clinic aims to identify the disease before it appears and thus reduce complications and enable it to act beforehand.
Gazatis children treated in Basque hospitals have burns, shrapnel wounds and malnutrition, in addition to serious illnesses
Doctors at Cruces Hospital and Donostia Hospital in Gaza have stressed that they are "fine." However, some are "malnourished" and will wait a while to "go to surgery in good condition."
Deputy Health Minister Gontzal Tamayo has set the digitization of the system as a major challenge
Gontzal Tamayo, Vice-Minister for Digital Transformation and Results, interviewed on Radio Euskadi, has referred to the reorganization of the Department of Health and Osakidetza, explaining that its main challenge will be to digitize the system so that, on the one hand, a better analysis of the data and results can be carried out and thus individualized treatment of the patient, and, on the other hand, using artificial intelligence, to remove the bureaucratic burden from doctors so that they can have more time.
Osakidetza launches a website with content validated by professionals for better health management
In the consultation itself, it allows health professionals to prescribe or prescribe certain content (courses, workshops, multimedia material...) so that patients and caring families can increase their knowledge and manage their illness better.
The Government will restructure the public health system with five new appointments
The Minister of Health of the Basque Government, Alberto Martínez, will restructure the two vice-administrations with the three new leaders, as well as the Director-General of Osakidetza and the Managing Director of the OSI of Donostialdea.
The Basque Government will announce a new structure in Osakidetza to ensure modernised care and quality service
The Health Counselor, Alberto Martinez, will give details of the new structure of the Department of Health and Osakidetza, which will begin at 12:00 and can be followed live on orain.eus.
Aretxabaleta's new health center will open next Monday
As a novelty, one of the four floors will be offered to social services.
A new regulation will allow patient associations to have a greater impact on the health system
The Health Counsellor has announced the development of this regulation and has told the associations that they "need them close and very active" in the implementation of the measures of the Health Pact and in the process of transforming the system.
La covid persistente y la celiaquía serán catalogadas como pathologías chronicas
These two pathologies will also be chronicled las sequels of polio and non-oncological pain.
Osakidetza will offer 577 training places for resident doctors and nurses, 11 more than in the previous course
The Department of Health of the Basque Government says that this year it has also offered as many jobs as possible in the categories of Primary Care, with 115 in Family and Community Medicine, 37 in Family and Community Nursing and 30 in Paediatrics.
ELA and ESK have reported high temperatures in health centres
Both unions have concentrated at the Etxebarri (Bizkaia) outpatient clinic to report that the high temperatures in these health centres "far exceed" the limits laid down in the Occupational Risk Prevention Act.
Tips for sleeping well in heat wave
Carla Pia, a neurophysiologist at the OSI Sleep Unit in Álava, points out that in heat waves many people sleep worse because at the central level our temperature has to go down to sleep and with the heat of these days it's harder.
He recommends sleeping with less clothes or without cover, although some people find it difficult.