The Ministry of Health will strengthen primary and pediatric care in the area of ​​Health III-Lorca, advanced counselor Manuel Villegas after meeting with the mayor of the municipality, Fulgencio Gil.
In this sense, Villegas said that "one of the main objectives of this Department is to enhance the figure of both primary care physicians and pediatrics" and announced that the staff reinforcement will begin in the clinics of Marchena and La Hoya.
Villegas also referred to other actions in which the Ministry of Health works in the municipality of Lorca, as the second phase of the project to remodel the center of specialties of Santa Rosa de Lima, which will be allocated 5,429,000 euros, and the improvement of the pediatrics area of ​​the San Diego health center.
Area of ​​Health III-Lorca
The Health Area III-Lorca serves a population of 170,529 users of health card of the municipalities of Águilas, Lorca, Puerto Lumbreras, Aledo and Totana.
In hospital care has the general university hospital Rafael Méndez and the specialty center Santa Rosa de Lima.
In primary care has two points of continuous care, in La Paca and Puerto Lumbreras;
three points of special isolation in Almendricos, Ramonete and in the Parish;
10 health centers;
and 27 offices.
To which are added two bases of Medicinal Emergency Units, in Aguilas and in Lorca, and three emergency services of Primary Care, in Aguilas, Lorca and Totana.
In all these assistance devices, more than 1,500 professionals work.
Of these, almost 350 are facultative, more than 700 non-medical personnel and more than 350 non-health personnel.
Source: CARM