The Castellon Health District is the only one that has reduced the waiting list for surgeries since Covid

The rest of the departments have lifted the waiting list since February 2020. The county has 7,677 people waiting for intervention

The Castellón health district, including the district hospital, is the only area in the entire Valencian community that, after two years and nine months of the pandemic, has been able to reduce its waiting list. Indeed, regarding February 2020, the last month before the outbreak of Covid, Castellón County From 125 days to only 84 days. In the boycott’s case, the fall is 15 days, dropping from 158 days in that month of February to the current 141 days. There are 17 days less waiting for the intervention.

All other health departments of the Valencian Community, including the other two departments of Castellón, ie, Vinars and La Plana, increased delay time. In the autonomous region as a whole, according to August data, the average waiting time went from 80 days to 115 days last August.

In the case of the two health zones in the governorate that increase the waiting list, The one who increases the most is La PlanaThis increases the time to undergo surgery by 53 days. Specifically, it extends from 63 days of waiting in February 2020 to 116 days. At Vinars, the wait increased by one month, specifically 30 days, from 118 to 148.

also Other hospitals in Valencia and Castellón Delays in implementing interventions have increased as a result of the epidemic. Sagunto, Valencia Clinic, Arnau de Vilanova, La Fe, Requena, Valencia General Hospital, Doctor Peset, Manises, La Ribera, Xtiva-Ontinyent and Ganda in Valencia Province experienced an increase in surgical delay. In the case of Alicante, all departments in the waiting list have grown. Denia, Alcoy, La Marina Baixa, Sant Joan, Elda, Alicante General Hospital, Elche General Hospital, Orihuela, Torrevieja and Elche-Crivelente have also witnessed how the Covid epidemic has increased the times that patients have to wait for an operation.

However, compared to the summer of 2021, the waiting list has gradually been reduced in some departments more than in others. In fact, if we look at the August 2021 data, Vinars Hospital increased the waiting list by 14 days, and Castellin by one day, but Lana reduced the delay time by 20 days.

The Federation of Regional Hospitals of Castellón It was also reduced by five days. In every Valencian community, this adjustment was only five days lower than last year.

The Ministry of Health has been activated in the health departments in delay controllers, a team of professionals dedicated to reducing waiting times in the department, whether for surgery or for external consultations and diagnostic or treatment techniques; In addition to creating specific working groups with specialists in ophthalmology and traumatology to find formulas aimed at accelerating patient care in these two specialties, which represent 50% of the waiting list, groups whose methodology will be expanded to include the rest of the specialties. Specialties… Specialties.

The surgical waiting list in no way affects urgent, oncological and non-delayed interventions, which are treated preferentially.

waiting for intervention

Waiting times for intervention hide behind the problem of thousands of people who suffer from some diseases that require an operation in one of the governorate’s hospitals. Only in the province of Castellón 7,677 people are waiting to visit the operating room. However, the number barely represents 35 fewer patients than it did before the pandemic. In fact, in February 2020 there were 7,712 patients waiting for surgery.

It is the health department of Castellón, the largest in the region, that has reduced the number of patients waiting the most. In fact, in two years and nine months, the number of people waiting for surgery has decreased by about a thousand. There were 2,487 patients compared to 3,488 before the Covid pandemic.

The results of other health departments are not good because La Plana has increased the number of patients who must pass the operating room by about 800. There were 1,194 and there were 1,923 last August. In Vinars there was also a slight decrease Well, the number rises from 1,335 patients waiting to 986 patients. This represents approximately 400 people on the waiting list.

The Province of Castellón It also saw an increase in waiting times, from 1,695 people waiting for the intervention to 2,281. This is without more than 600 people. On the other hand, this increase contrasts with the waiting time in the county, where Union Hospital has reduced waiting days for intervention compared to what it was before the pandemic.

what is the reason? Perhaps the fact that during this year many patients were referred for surgery in private hospitals.

in a group Valencian Community 65,728 people are waiting for an operation When there were 61,753 in February 2020. This represents nearly 4,000 additional people waiting to visit the operating room at Valencian Community Hospitals.