Now that we’re in the middle of the holiday season with cities all over Spain filling up with people, it might be a good time to think On the importance of rural medicine or the the doctors people”, a core group that is very close to becoming an endangered species.
I am a country doctor and I dare say that rural medicine is the most beautiful and the closest Perhaps the biggest exponent of what the doctor-patient relationship means. What is happening? Why don’t doctors choose primary care and fewer want to work in rural areas?
There are many reasons such as lack of time, huge vacancies, not covering colleagues’ vacations or vacations, low wages, In particular, the instability of contracts. Unfortunately, these conditions are a common denominator of the medical profession in almost the majority of specialties, but rural medicine faces many other factors that make it less attractive and overly stressful. just as an example, 88% bear travel expenses For medical visits or to attend emergencies, more than half of them have a reference hospital more than 30 kilometers away, and nearly two-thirds have problems with digitization at their duty stations.
To this must be added that Only 14% of rural physicians are under the age of 40. what should we do? In full swing in the movement of the so-called “empty Spain” it is necessary to support and encourage sites for primary care physicians.
We can’t assume that hundreds of places will be deserted From specialized health training in the specialty of family and community medicine because this implies Patients in many locations in our country are left without careBecause it derails any strategy designed to enhance rural life and it cracks us up National Health System From its roots: primary care. There are many proposals, but there is a lack of political will.
Rural medicine goes beyond the profession, as stated in the slogan of the recent campaign of the General Council of Physicians in Spain to appreciate this category and warn of the danger to which they are exposed. Now the cities are full of people and life Let’s think about the seriousness that the disappearance of a village doctor can take for everyone And advocate for primary care more vigorously. Let’s fight for a national health system that guarantees the best quality of care Regardless of zip code or populationWe play a lot.
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