The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands announces the new award, for 1,181,957 euros, of the works that will allow to resume, three years later, the construction of the long-awaited Barroso’s officein La Orotava. This health center will serve a population of about 2,400 people, of which more than 500 are over 65 years of age. This action began in August 2019, but had to be stopped due to the instability of a nearby wall, which put several homes at risk. Three years and one month later, after the execution of works to consolidate the slopes of the site, this action was once again awarded thanks to the co-financing of the European Regional Development Fundwhich contributes 85%.
If nothing goes wrong again, the construction of the villero office should last 12 months. In a year it will be necessary to erect a building of 533 square meters, distributed on a single floor, which will have the possibility of being extended in the future, if necessary. This new health center in the midlands of Villeras It will have an administrative area and a file for medical records; two family medicine clinics and one nursing clinic, with their corresponding waiting room and toilets; a pediatric consultation and a pediatric nursing consultation, also with a waiting room, toilet and lactation room; a polyvalent query; an urgent care visit; changing rooms and toilets for staff, and warehouses.
This work is intended to put an end to the limitations and inconveniences suffered by the almost 2,400 users of this center in its provisional location. A place that, as recognized Health“has significant limitations in terms of accessibility, a reduced space and, every winter, humidity problems”.
The provisional location has important limitations in terms of accessibility, a reduced space and, every winter, humidity problems
This work began in August 2019 with a budget of 1,110,000 euros. After a few weeks of work, which focused on clearing the plot, the work was halted due to the instability of a nearby wall. The project had to be modified to reinforce that risk area and the entire procedure had to be restarted, after the resignation of the original winning company. These procedures, the arrival of the pandemic and the works to secure the slopes of the site, complicated the objective of restarting the work.
This office is an old target of the Municipality of La Orotavawhich years ago made available to the Canary Islands Health Service a plot of land in Colombo urbanization. At that time, the construction of a new building was scheduled within the 2005-2010 Infrastructure Plan, but it was never executed due to lack of budget. In 2018, the action was resumed with the contracting of the drafting of the execution project update, which included the care needs according to the functional plan of the General Directorate of Assistance Programs of the SCS. The work began on August 21, 2019 and its completion date was scheduled for August 19, 2020. At that time, only the partial clearing of the land and the fencing of the plot were carried out.
