Issue No. 1932 14 - 20 July 2022
COSTA DE ALMERIA • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
OPEN ALL HOURS ANDALUCIA’S SAS Health system is contracting an‐ other 1,631 health profes‐ sionals to cover holidays in Almeria province this sum‐ mer. The additional staff means that 136 primary care health centres will re‐ main open in July and Au‐ gust. The 92 per cent that open in the afternoon and early evenings can contin‐ ue to do so, along with an A and E service at 35 cen‐ tres. As a result, the San Jose primary care health centre in Nijar will open each day from 8am until 8pm until September 15. The centre will also be able to call on a mobile unit with a doctor, nurse and assistant to ensure a rapid response in an emergency. Located in one of the town’s principal tourist ar‐ eas, the San Jose centre’s
Photo credit: Junta de Andalucia
Linda Hall
JUNTA VISIT: Health chief Juan de la Cruz Belmonte at the San Jose health centre
catchment area doubles in size from 1,500 to 3,000 during the high season. “This is one of the mea‐ sures included in the Plan Verano (Summer Plan), in‐ troduced to meet increased demand along the Almeria
coast during the summer,” said Juan de la Cruz Bel‐ monte, who heads the Jun‐ ta’s Health and Families de‐ partment on a recent visit to the San Jose centre. Resources have been ad‐ justed to meet the summer
demands as the province’s population and tourism moves towards the coast while ensuring the viability of the Plan de Vacaciones holiday scheme for medical staff, De la Cruz Belmonte said.
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