"It's a palliative lump": communities continue to 'throw' doctors without MIR in primary and emergency

"The Ministry leaves us no other option." This is how the Minister of Health of the Government of Aragon, José Luis Bancalero, justified himself. Just 24 hours before saying those words, it had been known that up to 13 specialists of the Hospital of Barbastro were hired without having the MIR exam approved for it. In theory, when a doctor completes the Degree, he must pass the examination that gives him a place as an internal resident doctor. Af…