Dear patient,
My profession is none other than a hospital resident, commonly called MIR, which wants to apologize for the series of events that have happened, are happening and will happen, probably without you, the most affected, know why.
But let me first put a little situation: Currently we are at a professional who represents the midpoint between the specialist and the student fresh out of college. This implies that we studied at least seven years of university education (six plus faculty preparation for the MIR). Later specially chosen as the serial number of the testing and start working as doctors in training. The specialty usually lasts four years and I imagine that you understand how hard it is to get to that point and how much we have to work for our residence. For the avoidance of doubt and you are well informed about what it charges resident in the Canary Islands will summarize our salary in a clear, gross salary: 1103, 54 euros; time on duty (gross and services of 24 or 17 hours): between 8.91 and 14.82 euros by year of residence . In other words, a resident physician canary second year received during his day on duty in a workday (17 hours on normal working day + 7) 10.8 euros per hour, or 1.1 percent less than their normal working hours Navarre, while a the same characteristics obtained with 17.85 euros per hour by 62.3 percent more than their normal hours. As if that was not enough unfairness, is to further reduce the salary, from to charge 7 euros per hour on duty, regardless of year of residence and salary reduction basis. We know we earn more than minimum wage, but we also believe that we deserve. Apart from the great responsibilities they play with their health, we are also talking about long hours (sometimes relentlessly) and all we ask is comparable to the national average, neither more nor less. Recently
as any officer we reduced the salary (about 5%) and assume that in times of crisis we must all do our part. None of us complained.
Well, currently under discussion in Parliament of the Canary Islands budget cuts, including of course those of Health, which will be carried out to address this crisis hits us. Before setting out the measures proposed by the mindless politicians who govern us, we ask a simple question that does not need to be thoughtful. Do you think the solution is to cut investment in health or education?. Neither do we. Did you know that health professionals in Spain are the worst paid in Europe?, Did you know that the community Canaria proposed cuts in health care to more than 11%, the biggest decline in all regions?, Did you know that health services have large waiting lists are being referred for aided schools (private) at a price that would make such evidence in the public health service. For despite the great management of resources, the aim is also that things will get worse:
We were working without public offering, or as we in Spain (of course paid national taxes) so then we have to go abroad to work, is to cut days off (we could get to work over 59 hours per week) reduces the number of days approved for training (ie day to improve our work ) imply that if they enter in a hospital will have to pay to its own water and even their bed linens to be washed every day, will extend the already large waiting lists (are deleted days later), will not replace doctors who need off work (imagine if the consultations are already saturated, much more may become so), and a thousand etcetera.
The purpose of this letter is not to propose solutions to fix the Health, is not we who are responsible for that. Our intention really is to inform you of what the proposed changes and why they consider intolerable.
For all this, we want to ask forgiveness in advance; forgiveness because we will fight for our interests and forgiveness because we are going to fight for theirs. Measures to save the health van by other means so please understand and support our struggle because we, the residents, we will not stop.
Sincerely yours,
Canary MIR Protest Group.
