The FABZ demands to cover the chronic staff shortage in Royo Villanova before "continuing to make announcements" about the new hospital

The Health Commission of the Federation of Neighborhood Associations of Zaragoza (FABZ) has denounced the "grave and recurring lack of staff" suffered by the Royo Villanova Hospital and demands immediate solutions from the Government of Aragon before continuing to promote the construction of a new hospital complex. The neighborhood organization points to the loss of in-person Neurology care for more than 200,000 people in Health Sector I as the latest example. A situation that, it warns, does not respond to a single episode but to a "chronic" staffing problem that overburdens the professionals and forces patients to be referred to the Miguel Servet Hospital in emergencies. "It is incoherent to project future infrastructures" For the FABZ, it is "unacceptable" that the Department of Health continues to promote the project for the future hospital while shortages persist at the current Royo Villanova facility. "It is incoherent to project future infrastructures when there is a manifest inability to cover the basic staff required by the hospital currently," denounces the Health Commission, demanding the immediate addressing of the staff deficit. The neighborhood federation thus focuses on an issue it considers prior to the debate on the new building: ensuring that the hospital currently serving the population of the Left Bank has the necessary human resources to offer dignified healthcare. The FABZ denounces a "false participation" regarding the new hospital. The neighborhood criticism also extends to the process open to deciding the location of the future hospital. The FABZ accuses the Ministry of Health of "childishizing the neighborhood movement" by not providing it with the technical and economic documentation it considers essential to evaluate the different alternatives. The Federation specifically demands the geotechnical reports of the soils, ownership of the plots, development costs, and estimates of possible expropriations. Without this documentation, it maintains, it is impossible to adopt or support "a clear and objective decision" about the proposed locations. "The neighborhood movement is mature and responsible enough to participate in decisions of this magnitude," asserts the FABZ. The entity also accuses the Ministry of Health of practicing a "false participation." According to its explanation, it was called to a meeting about the location of the new hospital on Tuesday where it did not receive any of the requested information and to which, it denounces, no representative of the Ministry of Health nor any technical staff who could provide data or answer the doubts raised by neighborhood entities attended. Staff, transparency, and dignified healthcare In view of this situation, the FABZ demands immediate measures from the Ministry of Health to solve the staffing deficit at Royo Villanova and "total transparency" regarding the project for the future hospital. The Health Commission demands that the "dignified healthcare that the residents of the Left Bank deserve" be guaranteed first and that all the necessary documentation be provided for effective neighborhood participation before continuing with new announcements about the hospital complex.