The Minister of Health, Mónica García, has ruled out that there is a "health collapse" in Ceuta, although she has admitted the existence of "especially tense" areas such as emergencies and certain internal medicine and surgical wards. At the same time, she has specified that in the last 15 days, since the migration crisis erupted at the end of July, 5,800 migrant people have been attended to.
In a statement to the press after holding a meeting with the president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, the Minister of Health has emphasized to the Ceuta authorities that "none of the consultations and health assistance have been suspended" and has also highlighted that "there is a moderate epidemiological risk for migrants and low for Ceutíes".
García has detailed that the main problems are concentrated in the health of the migrant population, "who are the ones that may have greater access to certain infectious diseases that have so far been contained," and has demanded that the Ceuta government make new spaces available in the city to continue attending to them in better conditions.
According to the data provided by the minister, of the 5,800 migrant people attended to in the last two weeks, 3,500 have been seen in primary care and 2,300 in the hospital setting. She specified that on the first day of the crisis, 1,149 migrants were attended to and that, as the days went by, the care pressure "has decreased by 70%", averaging "around 300 people attended over the different days, varying between 200 and 400".
The head of Health has emphasized that the current scenario corresponds to level 1 of the Guide for the Preparation of Disaster Plans in Hospitals of INGESA. "We have not had to request more reinforcements, we have not asked the rest of the communities," she pointed out, further emphasizing that it has not been necessary to cancel vacations for health personnel, unlike what has happened in the Army and the Civil Guard.
García also wanted to highlight the effort of health personnel and the entire group of public servants. "If there has been no collapse in our health system, it is thanks to the professionals," she concluded.
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