The demonstration, part of a simultaneous call in all eight Andalusian provincial capitals, will start at the Bomberos roundabout and conclude at the Plaza de las Monjas. Under the slogan "Healthcare business, more mortality," the platform seeks to unite protest voices and present twelve proposals considered essential to restore the quality of the public healthcare system in Andalusia.
According to Marea Blanca, the situation in Huelva is particularly critical, with delays of up to fifteen days in Primary Care, saturated emergency rooms, long waiting lists, and systematic delays in disease diagnosis and patient treatment. This is compounded by a shortage of resources and job insecurity, factors that, in their view, "lead to an extreme situation that, at times, costs lives or severely deteriorates health."
The healthcare system is collapsed, not due to errors, but due to rogue policies that lack ethics and will destroy a public good.
Among the measures proposed by Marea Blanca is the recovery of healthcare investment through a multi-year plan to settle the "historical healthcare debt," estimated at 20 billion euros due to accumulated cuts between 2010 and 2024. They also propose the creation of "participatory" health councils to ensure transparency and democratic control of the system, guaranteeing an equitable distribution of resources.
Furthermore, they demand that managerial and intermediate positions in the system have accredited experience and training in management, be incompatible with private healthcare companies, and that effective measures against "revolving doors" be implemented. They call for increased job stability, immediate coverage of vacant positions, and progressive salary equalization with the national average.
The Mareas request that at least 25% of the healthcare budget be allocated to Primary Care through a five-year plan to increase staff, reduce bureaucracy, ensure consultations of at least ten minutes per patient, and attend clinical appointments within a maximum of 48 hours. They also propose a plan to recover public hospital capacity to reverse outsourcing to the private sector, an extraordinary two-year plan to reduce waiting lists, a specific plan for mental health, strengthening public health and prevention, and digitizing the system.
