The Councilor for Health of the City Council of La Laguna, José Luis Hernández, has confirmed with the Primary Care Management of the Health Area of Tenerife, of the Canary Health Service, that the Punta del Hidalgo office partially recovers the sample extraction service of blood for clinical analyses, with just over 60% of the weekly average interventions and giving priority to people over 70 years of age, with reduced mobility or in a situation of dependency.
The Department, the neighborhood association of this coastal town and the health personnel of this office celebrate the news, after several years of citizen demand, and agree to continue working together to soon achieve the full provision of this fundamental service and strengthen public health services for neighbors and neighbors.
Hernández highlighted the “willingness of the Tenerife Primary Care Management and the management of the Basic Health Zone to return this service to the population of Punta del Hidalgo after several years of citizen demand.” “A positive measure, without a doubt, but we believe that the office must have the necessary personnel to provide the service in full and that the neighbors do not have to travel to the Tegueste health center to get an analysis, as has happened in these recent years,” he added.
The mayor pointed out that “we are aware of the limitations that currently exist, so we have already agreed with the neighborhood association to request that, in the face of the next budgets, the service be fully recovered with the necessary and permanent contracts, because It would only respond to a legitimate demand from the leading men and women, who to date have had to change municipalities to draw blood, but it would also contribute to reducing and decongesting the Tegueste health center.
Punta del Hidalgo has a population of 2,660 people, according to the municipal census, of which almost a quarter are over 60 years of age. “Health care also contributes to socioeconomic development, because it is very difficult to face population aging and for people to decide to stay in our towns and neighborhoods without optimal resources,” said Hernández, who pointed out that the council will continue working with neighborhood associations to improve the performance.
