SATSE Euskadi, the organizer of the strike, regrets that “due to the minimal services in maternity wards, there are now more midwives than usual.” They ask Osakidetza to meet to discuss their situation.
The midwives of Bizkaia are called for their first day of strike, under the motto “Midwives without replacement, women without care“, to denounce the “serious staff shortage” they are facing and their “passivity” Osakidetza.
SATSE Euskadithe strike organizer estimated more than 80% He oversaw this day of strikes and lamented that “due to the minimal services in the maternity wards, there are now more midwives than usual.”
“We have a very serious shortage of midwives and Osakidetza is doing nothing to solve this problem. Women lose the right to health. Every summer they cut back on the number of midwivesso the same service is not offered as the rest of the year,” he criticized Mayor Amaiageneral secretary of the SATSE trade union.
Mayor has announced that they will continue to mobilize until the situation of women’s care and their working conditions improve. In the same way, she has asked for improvements to “ensure that the midwives we have in Euskadi continue to work here.”
Furthermore, he warned that it is necessary approximately 200 additional professionals in the territory of Biscay to reach European proportions, because with the current 215 they “serve many more women than the corresponding number”.
SATSE demands that Osakidetza solve the problem of midwives by sector table to address this situation, although no responses have been received to date.
Many midwives have played a leading role in a manifestation in Bilbao, with the support of feminist associations in Euskadi. The midwives areWorried“for the future of their profession and the health care of women and their families, in addition to being “exhausted” by Osakidetza’s management, which “has a negative impact“in their capabilities and in “the time they can devote to caring for women.” These conditions, in their opinion, “limit the right to sexual and reproductive health of women and their families.”
The union regrets that the “failed attempts at negotiation to alleviate service cuts and increased workload“, especially during the summer and holiday periods, means “ignoring women’s care, denying services provided during the rest of the year, and preventing short-term care.”
This, they continue, ‘generates delay, discomfort and uncertainty at crucial moments in women’s lives see their fundamental right restricted for sexual and reproductive health.
After urging Osakidetza to do so working for equality In the absence of measures that have a negative impact on women’s health, Satse has emphasized that “the lack of generational change and the insufficient number of specialized training places are a sign of an inadequate midwife-to-user ratio.”
“This shortage is further exacerbated during the holiday period and prevents absences from being covered, including family reconciliation leave,” they reiterated, which is why they believe that “Osakidetza must ensure full coverage of absences with an efficient and sustainable recruitment policy”.
In the same way, it believes that it must “recognize the quota of each midwife, taking into account the female population, establish appropriate proportions and guarantee 100% of midwives deployed in hospital services.” “Only in this way can we guarantee the development of our skills and the quality of care,” this group demands.
Source: EITB
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