Health Care in Aragon: Between the Challenge of Assistance in Rural Areas and the Threat of Privatization

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Elena Domínguez lives in Sarsamarcuello, a population of about 60 inhabitants located 31 kilometers from Huesca. One day, with her son at 39.5 fever, she put him in the car and went to the hospital of Huesca to get an eye. When he arrived, she was told that this was not a matter of emergency and that it was her pediatrician who was to take care of the child. The problem is that her pediatrician visits the village once a month and the fever was n…