"For two years now, practically every time we go there, we find problems."practically every time we go there, we find problemsThe decision made on Monday has caused a real race against time to guarantee the canteen service for 33 educational centers and redistribute nearly 2,000 school menus daily with only nine days left until the end of the school year. Officially, the Ministry of Health has justified the closure due to non-compliance detected in the preparation, handling, and transport of food. However, the consulted sources assure that the intervention is the culmination of years of inspections, warnings, and proceedings.

For non-compliance in the preparation, handling, and transport of food intended for educational centers. These are the reasons why the Ministry of Health has ordered the precautionary closure of the central kitchen of the Can Arabí restaurant with only nine days left to finish the school year. The decision has forced the redistribution, from one day to the next, of nearly 2,000 school menus from 33 centers among three different companies. In total, Can Arabí manages 45 school canteens, many of them catering. The inspection was carried out this Monday and, well into the night, technicians from the Ministry of Education contacted management teams and families to inform them of the situation and activate an emergency plan to maintain the canteen service.

The Consumers' Association of the Balearic Islands (Consubal) has reported that patients in the public healthcare system are receiving new medical appointments with delays of up to five months after consultations were cancelled during recent strike days.

The union representatives of the IB-Salut ambulances have registered a strike call in the four islands to demand labor improvements and the fulfillment of pending agreements. As reported this Monday by the union representatives, the stoppages will take place on June 16, 19, 24, and 26 between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM and between 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM, while from June 29 onwards, an indefinite 24-hour strike will begin if no progress is made in negotiations.

The IB-Salut plans to incorporate nearly 200 nurses into the Community's health centers through an extraordinary integration process for staff destined for professionals with the specialty of Family and Community Nursing.

The difficulty in accessing housing and the high cost of living continue to take their toll on public healthcare in the Balearic Islands. The SATSE Nursing Union has reported that 80 nurses have left the Balearic Islands between January 1 and May 15, a situation it directly attributes to the impossibility for many professionals to maintain themselves economically in the Archipelago.

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The fourth week of doctors' strike in the Balearic Islands, called to demand a specific framework statute for the medical collective and which this Thursday reaches its fourth and final day, has already caused the suspension of 212 operations and 11,239 consultations. According to provisional data provided by IBSalut, only this Thursday 41 surgical interventions and 1,418 consultations and diagnostic tests have been cancelled, in addition to 1,694 Primary Care visits.

More than half of nurses in the Balearic Islands intend to leave the profession, according to a study carried out by the Ministry of Health and the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII), through Investén-ISCIII. The research, considered "the largest conducted in Spain" on this issue, concludes that 39.6% of nursing professionals in the State as a whole plan to leave their jobs in the next decade and that 17% consider doing so in just two years. The work warns that the Balearic Islands, along with Madrid, the Canary Islands, and Galicia, have more than double the probability of intending to leave compared to Navarra.

In the first three days of the fourth week of the doctors' strike against the reform of the Framework Statute promoted by the Ministry of Health, the follow-up of the stoppage has once again been significant. According to data provided by the Simebal union, the mobilization maintains high participation among health professionals, while IB-Salut assures that it does not have official figures on the follow-up of the protest, but yes on the impact of the mobilization. In the first two days of the stoppage (Monday and Tuesday), 109 operations have been suspended; 2,856 consultations and diagnostic tests and 2,940 Primary Care consultations.

In the first three days of the fourth week of the doctors' strike against the reform of the "Estatut Marc" (Framework Statute) promoted by the Ministry of Health, the follow-up of the stoppage has once again been significant. According to data provided by the Simebal union, the mobilization maintains high participation among health professionals, while IB-Salut assures that it does not have official figures on the follow-up of the protest but does have data on the impact of the mobilization. In the first two days of the stoppage (Monday and Tuesday), 109 operations have been suspended; 2,856 consultations and diagnostic tests and 2,940 primary care consultations.

Patients arriving at the Emergency Department of the Eivissa hospital Can Misses are fully facing the shortage of healthcare professionals, a situation that public healthcare in the Islands has been dragging on and for which no solution is found. The Pitiusan health center lacks doctors with the MIR (a training system that doctors undertake in Spain after finishing their degree to specialize), a situation that does not violate legality, but which does hinder the daily functioning of the center, as socialist deputy Irantzu Fernández denounced this Tuesday in the Parliament session. The usual practice is for professionals attending Emergencies to have completed the MIR and to have a specialization in family medicine – in 2030, the first cohort of doctors specializing in Emergencies will graduate.

The fourth week of this year's medical strike, which on Tuesday reaches its second day, has maintained a compliance of around 80% in hospital outpatient clinics and 50% in primary care in the Balearic Islands. According to data provided by the medical union Simebal, participation rises to 90% in services such as anesthesiology, radiology, and a large part of surgical activity, while among resident internal physicians (MIR) it remains around 65%.

Joan Carles March Cerdà (1960) is a Doctor of Medicine and currently a professor at the Andalusian School of Public Health, of which he was director. He is one of the most media-friendly island doctors. This resident of Pollença, based in Granada, has just published Más de 11 vidas, a collection of testimonies from people with suicide attempts, their families and survivors, as well as experts in the field.

A study by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) in Barcelona has found that not guaranteeing healthcare in patients' language can jeopardize diagnostic accuracy, trust between doctor and patient, and quality of care.

Doctors and medical professionals are called this Monday to a new week of strike, from May 18 to 22, the fourth since the beginning of the year, to reject the framework statute proposed by the Ministry of Health and demand their own text.

The IB-Salut and the Official College of Nurses and Nursing Assistants of the Balearic Islands (Coiba) will file appeals for cassation before the Supreme Court against Ruling 170/2026 of the Superior Court of Justice of the Balearic Islands (TSJIB), concerning the access of nursing professionals to management positions in the field of Primary Care. The resolution stems from the appeal filed by the medical union Simebal and the Official College of Physicians of the Balearic Islands (COMIB), who challenged the appointment of a nurse as coordinator of the Sa Torre health center, in Manacor (accepted by all staff at the center), and argued that these positions should be exclusively held by medical personnel.

The SAMU 061 emergency system has incorporated a new unit specialized in high-complexity pediatric and neonatal transport. The vehicle, presented today by the Minister of Health, Manuela García, will allow for improved care and transfer of critical patients between hospitals in Mallorca, and will also serve Menorca and Ibiza. The new ambulance is conceived as a mobile extension of the intensive care units of the Son Espases University Hospital. The objective is for professionals to be able to initiate advanced care wherever the patient is and maintain it throughout the journey to the reference center.

Guillem Febrer Fons (Manacor, 1973) for practically three decades has been the manager of Estel de Llevant, the pro-mental health entity that has already helped thousands of users and families from the Llevant region. Now that it is opening a new space in the Torre de Manacor neighborhood, we speak with him calmly.

Guillem Febrer Fons (Manacor, 1973) has been the manager of Estel de Llevant for almost three decades, the mental health pro-entity that has already helped thousands of users and families in the Llevant region. Now that it is opening a new space in the Sa Torre neighborhood of Manacor, we talk about it calmly.