The High Court of Justice of the Balearic Islands has ordered the dismissal of Neus Salas Valero as coordinator of the Manacor health center, considering that her position requires being a doctor, not a nurse. The ruling, which supports a lawsuit filed by the Medical Union, has caused unease among the nursing community, who see it as a setback in healthcare management. Salas has held the position since 2019 and has until May 12 to appeal.
Healthcare management: when open source clashes with admin permissions 🖥️
In the realm of system administration, an admin doesn't need to be the software developer to run it. However, in Balearic healthcare, it seems that coordinating a health center requires a medical degree, as if the primary care operating system only accepted binaries signed by medical boards. The ruling is reminiscent of those security patches that block unprivileged users, even if they have more experience running the program than root itself. An access restriction that, in production, only creates bottlenecks.
Coordination: the art of giving orders without a prescription 💉
The news has sparked wit in the hallways: if coordinating requires being a doctor, maybe the next Health Minister should be a cardiovascular surgeon. Or better yet, the janitor at the center should have to pass the MIR exam to open the door in the mornings. Meanwhile, the nurses in Manacor wonder if the next sick leave report will be signed by a judge or a plumber. At least, the medical union has shown that bureaucracy also knows how to perform surgeries.