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As emphasized by the head of the Madrid government, the facilities will be «comfortable, bright, designed to facilitate care for people with disabilities, mobility issues, or the elderly.» «In fact, we always do it this way when we build, thinking of offering the best care in a humane, close, and always with the latest technology,» she added.
Cerro de los Gamos will have two care floors, a basement for parking and storage, with an area of 2,619 square meters. The future facilities will include ten Family Medicine consultations, nine Nursing consultations, three Pediatrics consultations, a lactation room, another multipurpose room, extraction zones, techniques and dressings, as well as spaces for ultrasound, emergencies, and minor interventions.
It will also have an office for the social worker and a Dentistry consultation, along with spaces for administrative support, storage, and service and facility areas.
Currently, the regional government is working on 25 new first-level healthcare devices in the Madrid public health system, distributed across 15 municipalities, which will be operational in the next two years to serve 503,000 citizens. The regional government’s investment will amount to 165 million euros and is included in the Primary Care Infrastructure Plan, which will provide patients with state-of-the-art equipment in more versatile spaces. With this measure, the regional administration responds to the population growth in the neighborhoods that will host these future resources, contributing to improving the care quality for its residents and the working conditions for its professionals.
25 new complexes for 15 municipalities
The Plan includes the provision of 11 new health centers in the capital: Abrantes (Carabanchel), Butarque (Villaverde), Cáceres (Arganzuela) where a complete renovation is being carried out in its facilities; Ensanche de Vallecas II (Villa de Vallecas), Fuencarral (Fuencarral), Montecarmelo (Fuencarral-El Pardo), Prosperidad (Chamartín), Puerta del Ángel (Latina), Quinta de los Molinos (San Blas), Valdebebas (Hortaleza); and Valderribas (Vicálvaro).
The remaining 14, in addition to the one visited today by President Díaz Ayuso, are: Barrio Hospital (Fuenlabrada), Campo de Tiro (Leganés), Collado Villalba, where a comprehensive work is being carried out for its expansion; Dehesa Vieja (San Sebastián de los Reyes), El Molar, Guadarrama, La Tenería (Pinto), Pau 4 de Móstoles, Residencial Este (Parla), Soto del Henares (Torrejón de Ardoz), Tielmes, Valdemoro 3, and Villaviciosa de Odón.
To these 25, we must add the four new ones that were put into operation last year: Las Tablas, in the municipality of Madrid, Sevilla la Nueva, Navalcarnero 2, and Parque Oeste Alcorcón. And another five under construction: San Isidro-Quince de Mayo, Alameda-Prado 30, Palma Norte-Universidad, in the capital of Madrid; as well as Ensanche Sur, in Alcorcón, and Barrio de La Luna, in Rivas Vaciamadrid.
«This challenge can only be achieved with many sacrifices from our healthcare team and our commitment to provide the Madrid public system with the best facilities and the most modern equipment,» the president noted.
