The Minister of Health, Catalina Lorenzo, the mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro and Councilman Nicholas Ángel Bernal, accompanied by the government team visited the area where the new facilities will be built
Next Health Center San Antón be a reality within months.
The first phase of this work will be performed immediately and carry out the construction of the area of ​​Pediatrics.
The new center plans to accommodate 19,500 booklets but may serve up to 25,000 inhabitants.
The Minister of Health, Catalina Lorenzo, the mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro and health district councilor Nicolás Ángel Bernal, visited the land where the new health center, accompanied by councilors of the corporation will be built.
Currently, the Health Center building is old, having over 30 years of antiquity.
On several occasions, it has been modified, refurbished and trying to adapt to the changing needs of the inhabitants but according to the Minister of Health, Catalina Lorenzo, from the first moment I got in touch with Pilar Barreiro, he claimed the need to reform and expand this facility and as a sign of the commitment of regional government with the City of Cartagena, reality becomes the first phase of the new health center.
The Minister said that the town of Cartagena will have a primary care centers in line with the needs of the citizens of the XXI century Cartagena.
He continued saying that the center plans to accommodate 19,500 booklets, but may serve up to 25,000 people.
THE BUDGET IS FOR 630 THOUSAND EUROS
The first phase of the work will consist of Pediatrics area and the administrative area.
The plot of this new building has a size of 2,150 square meters, assigned free of charge to the Ministry of Health and Social Policy by the City of Cartagena, located in the Barrio de San Antón, including Recoletos streets, Emerald and Diamond.
The building will in this first phase covering an area of ​​518 square meters and 405 votes, distributed on one floor, plus a basement of 524 square meters health camera.
The budget is 630,000 euros, of which 550,000 will go towards construction and 80,000 for equipment.
The first phase of this work is expected to last six to eight months, with the deadline for completion in September 2015. The provision of equipment and supplies will be conducted by the Murcia Health Service, in charge of Greater Management II monitoring and assembly.
An amount of 80,000 euros for the endowment and equipment is estimated.
Within the project, air conditioning, heating and data network for the entire building, which will allow the use of computerized medical records included.
This network will connect all the dependencies among themselves and with other hospitals, also including solar thermal energy.
The first phase includes the query area of Pediatrics, a lobby, four visits to pediatric medicine, nursing three consultations, a nursing room, a pediatric toilet and two waiting rooms.
The administration area, also included in the first phase, will have the main lobby, an archive of clinical history and receipt of administration.
It will also carry out cleaning trades, general stores, facilities, public toilets and personal toilets.
Mà S OF 240 MILLION IN HEALTH IN 4 YEARS ÚLTIMOS
The mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro explained that this is not a new construction but the renovation of a health center, which already existed and had many years.
Today we have laid the foundation stone of the health center of this neighborhood.
Barreiro has shown that in the health area of Cartagena in the last four years have invested 241 million euros.
If this is a cut, come and me explain.
According to the mayor, the health area of Cartagena, historically, has never been as now with an investment of this nature.
And besides, with open Rosell.
THE HOSPITAL OF SANTA Luca IS BUILT IN SPAIN THE ÚLTIMOS
Concerning the statements of Pedro Sánchez, general secretary of the PSOE on health in Cartagena, the minister explained that in this city, in the last seven years has made ​​a huge investment in health that has not been done anywhere in Spain In fact, the hospital of Saint Lucia has only one point of comparison, which is Asturias.
They are the last two that have been made ​​in Spain and are the only ones with the latest technologies.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena