The trade union section of Intersindical Canaria of the Ministry of the Presidency, Public Administrations, Justice and Security of the Government of the Canary Islands has informed the media of different problems in the Institute of Legal Medicine of the province of Las Palmas.
Among them, it has been demanding since 2020 an increase in the staff of autopsy technicians who operate in the aforementioned institute, in order to avoid any damage to citizens. Thus, in Lanzarote there is only one technician and in Gran Canaria, four. At the same time, they emphasize that there should be six autopsy technicians, "due to the real workload that is currently generated in the aforementioned service."
The affected parties emphasize that, in meetings held with the Deputy Minister and General Director, they believed "that the situation was clear." However, they have denounced their surprise at learning through the media that they want to undertake "a possible patch" as a "possible solution." In this sense, Intersindical Canaria denounces that they want to train external personnel (personnel from the Canarian Health Service) to carry out these tasks, "when this goes against what is dictated in the judicial process since it must involve a perfectly defined protocol of action carried out by personnel from the Institute of Legal Medicine."
From Intersindical Canaria, they request the Deputy Minister and General Director to take up this issue again and work on a real solution, which they indicate, "involves the creation of these positions in the R.P.T. of the Agency and not a patch," especially when we are talking about autopsies immersed in judicial proceedings, which could cause serious problems to the relatives of the affected citizens."
