The ruling of the Superior Court of Justice (TSJ) is “unfair” and uses “arguments that are more political than legal,” according to the rector of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), Juan José Ruiz. In his opinion, the magistrates have not “adequately evaluated the evidence presented” by the Elche campus and are making “massive errors.” In an appearance before the media, Ruiz indicated that legal services “have to examine” even the ruling “in more depth,” which is why they have not decided whether they will appeal it. “But the rector of the , they would appeal,” he recalled.
Ruiz appeared before the press the day after the ruling was announced in which the magistrates indicated that the Alicante campus has “all the mandatory reports” and “in a favorable sense” for the implementation of the degree of Medicine, which is already in its second year. Furthermore, the ruling indicates that “the success of the call for places” in both academic entities demonstrates “the need” to expand the offer in the province of Alicante without “damages or reductions in enrollment or the quality of teaching in the courses.” that are taken.” That is to say, the training of doctors at the UA is necessary given the shortcomings of the health system and does not harm that of the UMH. Finally, the TSJ maintains that the report presented by the Generalitat, also sued by the Elche campus, to withdraw from the litigation and thus agree with the plaintiff has “little reason.” The court does not share “neither the reasoning nor the conclusions” of this document.
The UMH’s doubts about whether or not to file the appeal may be due to the fact that the ruling could force them to have students from the rival university (Alicante) carry out medical internships in the hospitals that only they now use. The rector clings to the letter of the legal document so that, at least, it is not “necessary” to share “hospital resources” with the neighboring campus. “I’m not saying it, Aneca says it.” [la agencia que acredita la calidad de los estudios universitarios españoles]the UA in its allegations and the ruling of the TSJ,” he maintains. Given that the court ruling “recognizes the sufficiency” of the UA’s agreements with other hospitals “and justifies the absence of the need to increase the financial resources” of the Alicante campus, Ruiz protects its agreements with the Ministry of Health. “It’s a shame,” he declares, “the UA students would have benefited a lot if the collaboration that we proposed from the beginning had been accepted.”
This aspect, however, is not clear, after the statements made yesterday in reaction to the sentence by the Valencian Minister of Education, José Antonio Rovira, who trusts that the Minister of Universities, Diana Morant, will allow academic entities to share health centers for practices. But, while this legislative modification arrives, the UMH offers itself to any cooperation with the UA except that. “I reiterate our will and the UA, but always safeguarding the rights of our students, which fortunately are consolidated with this sentence.” And he notifies the elected rector of Alicante, Amparo Navarro, “who yesterday requested to do internships in the hospitals contracted for the UMH.” “This is neither sustainable nor coherent,” he emphasizes, “you cannot argue that you have the resources to win the sentence and when you win, say that now you want more.” So the legal services of the UMH will have to weigh whether the “very serious errors” committed by the magistrates or the profitability that the ruling can provide them outweigh.
In another appearance before the press, the president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, has evaluated the judicial ruling, which destroys the intentions of the Consell to hinder the arrival of Medicine to the UA to create an interuniversity campus in which they would have a place, also, . The regional leader has repeated, almost point by point, the statements issued yesterday by Rovira in a statement. According to the Efe agency, he intends for the ruling to become “an opportunity” for “medical students in the province of Alicante” and to “improve medical studies throughout the Community.” He has also reiterated that they will offer both campuses “a series of measures from dialogue, from agreement, from consensus” so that they speak “of one campus” or, at least, “of a great capacity for collaboration between all those who “They are training those who have to cure us tomorrow.”
