Overview

• María Jesús Montero called on the Junta to explain the failures in the breast cancer screening programme, warning that public health cannot be treated lightly.
• She demanded the legally required publication of diagnostic, outpatient and surgical waiting lists so residents can see the true state of the system.
• Invoking her background as a physician and former Andalusian health chief, she alleged the regional government is violating the law by withholding data.
• Montero criticized the appointment of Antonio Sanz as health chief and pointed to former health minister Jesús Aguirre as bearing responsibility for the crisis.
• Speaking in Bentarique on World Breast Cancer Day, she accused the PP of steering patients toward private care and claimed private insurance uptake in Andalusia has risen about 35%, while IU separately called the screening failures “an authentic crime.”