Precisely, the examination of this specialty was one of the first to give evidence of fraud in the Osakidetza competitions in 2018 and it was Osakidetza himself who ordered to repeat the selection process of this category.
On January 7, 2019 Osakidetza stopped Ricardo Ituarte. The former mayor of Santurtzi has now been appointed Director of Management of the Integrated Health Organization (OSI) of Tolosaldea, integrated in Osakidetza.
Mayor of Orexa, Eneko Maioz, member of EH Bildu de Tolosaldea, has expressed concern about the decision:
"Before in Tolosaldea there were not many problems in sanitation and now this is the problem. It's time to start having the region that we deserve. We need quality, public health and Euskaldun."
Sindikatua pozik agertu da epaileak ikerketa sei hilabetez luzatzea onartu duelako, baina autoari ebazpena jarriko dio "autoa hobetzeko eta defentsen ekintzak baliogabetzea eragozteko".