The work of the new Olympia Valencia Health Center in Vigo will last 18 months

The work of the new Olympia Valencia Comprehensive Health Center in Vigo will last 18 months and will start when the relocation of the courts to the new Cidade da Xustiza, located in the tower of the old Xeral Hospital, is completed.

This was stated on Monday by the Minister of Health, Julio García Commissana, who indicated that companies interested in carrying out the contract, which were put up for just over 12.8 million euros, have until February 21 to submit your offers. This year, the first 2.3 million euros of work is expected to be invested.

According to the president of Sanidade, this business will “change” not only from a healthcare point of view, but also from an urban one.

CIS Olimpia Valencia will be the first work to be rolled out under the Primary Health Care Infrastructure Plan approved in October by the Xunta Council, which includes 51 actions, with the start-up of 37 new health centers and the expansion or repair of another 14 in total, since 2009, exceeding executive investment Galician in primary care in Vigo 20 million euros.

García Commissana emphasized that “the specific project develops a welcoming building, with an envelope ensuring that the vast majority of workstations and patient accommodations can have natural light and connection to the outside.”

The center will have an emergency service, a care area with 20 general medical consultations, 20 nursing consultations, eight pediatric consultations, eight pediatric nursing consultations, two dental consultations, a women’s area, rehabilitation with physical therapy and telemedicine, administration and base from 061.

From a healthcare point of view, the new infrastructure will replace the López Mora Health Center and will provide the area with services that did not exist before, such as physiotherapy or dentistry.