Due to the economical situation, the government of Catalonia has taken some resolutions that I consider clearly wrong, especially those that concern health and education. The reduction in budget are affecting now essential services in a great number of hospitals, through the closing of rooms and operating theatres, and in primary care centres, in which the A&E departments are being closed at nights.
The government must do actions to improve the efficiency in public service, but neither decrease medical attention nor the human resources in education. In these activities related to health, doctors, nurses and other experts in sanitary specialities who have put forward proposals to ameliorate, which the government has not taken in consideration.
Whereas the health sector proposes a better control over the expenses in pharmacy, shifts and organisation in the hospital staff, the government has taken decisions about removing inheritance taxes that are only paid by the richest part of the population, who are the owners of huge properties and enormous amounts of money. Only the amount of these taxes in 2010 was estimated over 400 million €, which approximately is half the deficit in the health budget. I strongly believe that this is a political decision that should be changed because never have I heard of people dying because of a lack of operating theatres.
The Catalan government must reconsider their decisions, taking care of the importance of public health and they need to study carefully the best options to amend this mistake that can cost human lives.
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