The PSOE has criticized this Wednesday the regional government of Jorge Azcón considering that "lacks planning for the Aragonese public health and is leaving the territory without the necessary healthcare professionals to guarantee quality care."
Thus has pointed out the socialist spokesperson for Health, María Rodrigo, who in an appearance before the media reproached that Jorge Azcón "does a lot of propaganda, but neither plans nor responds to the needs of the professionals."
The representative of the PSOE in the Health Commission of the Cortes of Aragon has also questioned the self-satisfied attitude of Azcón's government, which "hides behind the decree of extraordinary measures approved in 2025, but is totally insufficient because it does not constitute a policy of attraction and retention of professionals."
In the face of this scenario, the socialists propose to the Government of Aragon to adopt measures that are already working in other communities. Rodrigo has cited, among others, the economic incentives of the Valencian Community, the scoring system applied in Galicia, and the economic, labor, and training incentives, as well as the connection with reference hospitals, which are being used in Castilla y León.
"The decree in Aragon only facilitates obtaining a position, but does not make it attractive to live, work, or develop a professional career in Aragon," said María Rodrigo, insisting that the problem goes beyond specific situations.
The deputy has recalled the critical situations recorded during this summer in different parts of the community. "It is not a specific summer crisis, it is a structural problem of staffing," said the deputy.
Among the deficiencies she has listed are insufficient staffing, vacations without replacements, an extreme overload of on-call duties, abandonment of rural primary care, closure of beds, and saturation of Emergency Services, in addition to precariousness and improvisation in hiring, risk of burnout of professionals, and the privatization of specialties, all of which "particularly affects rural areas," said María Rodrigo.
"We live extreme situations like the closure of almost 18% of the beds, with patients piled up in the hallways of hospitals like Miguel Servet or Royo Villanova; there have been temporary closures and reduction of consultation days in localities like Laspuña, Boltaña or Seira; in centers like the one in Sástago, up to 13 or 14 24-hour shifts in a month have been reported, or the outsourcing of specialties like Otorhinolaryngology and Urology in Barbastro or in Teruel," Rodrigo has given as an example.
In light of this reality, the socialist proposal bets on extraordinary conditions so that professionals want to come, stay, and develop their professional and family project here.