The new Centro de Salud de Salobreña is advancing according to plan, according to the Town Hall, and will be ready in the first half of next year (April).
With a budget of 7.7m euros, coming from the Plan de Mejora de Infraestructuras de Atención Primaria (MINAP), the new medical centre is situated on the main drag down to the beach, next to the park where the flea markets are held.
It will be a 3-storey building with a total area of 2,400 sq/m of floor space, raised on a 4,500-sq/m plot, with better access both for the centre’s main entrance and its A&E.
The Head of the Southern Granada Health Area, Maximiliano Ocete Espinola, pointed out that the new facilities will have more services available than the old one, including physiotherapy, minor surgery, ultrasound and retinographies for the prevention of diabetic retinopathy.
This mean that people will not have to go to Hospital Santa Ana for these services, he concluded.
Mayor Javier Ortega said that the new location for the municipal medical centre was a more central option, giving better accessibility for locals, as well as users from Ítrabo, Molvízar and Los Guájares.
Another positive point is that the A&E will have double the space than the old one, providing additional doctors’ surgeries and treatment rooms.
The Mayor did also point out that the success of this new centre does not solely depend on the building itself, but that it must also have the necessary equipment and staff, which was perhaps aimed at the Head of the Southern Granada Health Area present at the press call.
The Junta de Andalucia bigwig assured that the financing of the equipment is guaranteed and that the Junta would priorities that the centre is at full, working capacity by the end of 2025.
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