The provincial hospital in Castellon refers cancer patients to a private hospital, leaving only one doctor for nuclear medicine.

Anarchy is taking over the service Nuclear medicine Provincial Hospital of Castellon, the only service in the province that prepares reports on cancer patients for subsequent treatment. Dismissal of doctor and resignation of other specialist Several months ago, two new medical discharges from the service have been added in recent days, leaving Only a professional in charge From a department where, precisely, he was the last to arrive to fill one of the vacancies.

This shortage of professionals, besides slowing patient reports, has forced provincial hospitals Refer patients to the 9 d’Octobre hospital in Valencia, private center, Due to the impossibility of conducting all the tests in the Nuclear Medicine Service. The newspaper had already reported numerous problems in the area with the arrival of a new management team led by a manager last December. Matias Real, who indicated this Thursday that he is looking for a replacement For specialists on sick leave.

Service members have sent numerous letters to the manager Problems have continued since the appointment of a new medical director, Daniel Flores. who was part of the nuclear medicine team and who serves as the acting head of the service. from CCO was reiterated The “seriousness” of the situation caused by “conflict between nuclear medicine professionals and management”.. “Patients are paying for poor service management,” the union suggests.

Last sick leave Came from a team member Professionals one after the other this Thursday He had to be treated in the emergency room on Wednesday Anxiety crisis Nuclear medicine faces a myriad of cumulative problems. Its members sent a final letter this past Christmas holiday highlighting ongoing problems since they took over as medical director.

“Dr. Flores holds two very complex positions simultaneously, medical director and acting chief, as he himself has described and you yourself have supported on several occasions,” indicates the letter addressed to the manager, which warns that “The organization of a service by an executive head involves the ordering and imposition of functions without consensus, Listen or respond to the suggestions of his own ex-colleagues up to 3-4 months ago.

“From day one as Medical Director, when the service was left with two less doctors, Dr. Flores imposed an even better plan of action than existed when we were 5 doctors, he being one of them., adds writing to the address. Nuclear medicine physicians warn that “teamwork, consensus and democracy are fundamental, which is why we will always criticize taxing and authoritarian attitudes.”

Nuclear Medicine collected more than 170 unreported files on December 16, According to hospital sources consulted by this newspaper. Two specialists who have stopped working, one due to sick leave and the other due to a decision to resign from a position due to a backlog of work due to staff shortages, join two other professionals who have stepped down. that

Moreover, as reported by this newspaper, this unit has Without a service chief since March Well, Marcos Tajajurse, who now works at IVO, left the position unfilled by the previous Ministry of Health. And it is the medical director, who was one of the members of the nuclear medicine team, who has taken over the acting leadership.

sure, The hospital has approved four colleagues of the new medical director. Now none of them work as there is only one doctor who was hired on a temporary basis for the sick leave of a colleague who left the service. A file notified by the person responsible for the hospital’s legal services.

Asked about this situation in nuclear medicine, Castellon Provincial Hospital confirmed this Thursday that it was aware of the departure of another doctor from the service but that “patient care has not and will not be interrupted.”

“For readers today—this Thursday— Actions have been initiated to cover two sick leaves Which happened this week. As it cannot be otherwise, the management team wishes him a speedy recovery,” they signaled from the centre’s management.

In the last letter sent by nuclear medicine physicians to Matias Real, manager of the Provincial Hospital Consortium, they have expressed some questions about their position as professionals. He clearly states that, based on the file opened to the four doctors who were there “We do not refuse to workAll of us have extensive work experience, especially the three doctors With more than 20 years of experience and another minimum of 10 years, have worked in many public and private hospitals, and with a much larger workload than this hospital. Further, he adds, “We have been working in this hospital for many years, showing our professionalism. Being totally different personalities, sometimes with different ideas about work, All four doctors have always collaborated harmoniouslyBy putting everyone’s different ideas on the table and Reaching agreement by consensus.

At this point, they warn He has been accused of “publicly lacking morals and attitude, even of ‘boycotting’ By himself three times in a meeting held on December 14 before five witnesses, they are all very serious allegations.

Regarding the situation in the nuclear medicine service, the doctors warn that there are delays and traffic jams in preparation of reports “expected and warned on numerous occasions”, an unacceptable situation and for which they intend to blame the doctors. We have never refused to undertake pending reports, which We have indicated in numerous writings by record Notifying management and medical directions by registering what it may be A collapse or funnel situation that could be reached if we were to undertake more research than the staff can, at the present moment, undertake. At the right time for doctor and patient.