On the second stop of his tour of the Maule Region, President Boric led the inauguration of the new Curicó hospital. A highly complex healthcare facility that will benefit more than 288 thousand residents of the province of the same name.
The new community hospital, which It meant an investment of 231 billion pesos, It brings with it great advances in terms of infrastructure and technology. With an area of more than 100 thousand square meters, it has 7 floors high, two underground levels, 17 dialysis chairs, 9 emergency boxes, an emergency service of 2,670 square meters, surgical pavilions, 5 comprehensive delivery rooms, 13 dental chairs, 16 procedure rooms, 800 parking spaces and a heliport for highly complex transfers.
It will also have 400 beds, of which 54 will be for the care of critical patients and 21 for psychiatric hospitalization.
“This fills me with pride, because it is the demand for public health”assured the President.
In the company of the Minister of Health, Ximena Aguilera; the Minister(s) of Public Works, José Herrera; the Undersecretary of Assistance Networks, Osvaldo Salgado; the regional governor of Maule, Cristina Bravo; the regional presidential delegate, Humberto Aqueveque; the mayor of Curicó, Javier Muñoz; regional authorities, neighbors and neighbors, the Head of State pointed out that “when public health is strengthened we all become stronger.”
And I add: “Health has to be a right, not a business. There are certain spaces of life in common, such as health, education, social security, which have to be spaces where we all meet as equals, and that regardless of pocketbook and economic capabilities, everyone has the same quality care, dignity and opportunity. “That is what we are doing in health.”
The President also detailed other measures that will be carried out throughout the year, such as the inauguration of the hospitals in Alto Hospicio and Lonquimay, the improvement of infrastructure in the northern area and the Metropolitan Region, the advancement of the hospitals in Parral, Cauquenes , Constitución, Linares and Licantén, among other measures.
For her part, the Minister of Health, Ximena Aguilera, stated that “we are very happy for the quality of the establishment, for the pride shown by the officials, the satisfaction of the patients and for what we have done as a health system based on the public sector, Primary Care and Secondary Care”.
The new Curicó hospital will also have clinical, logistical and administrative support services for the operation of the establishment and a nursery with a capacity for 44 girls and boys. In addition, the staff strength will increase from 973 to 2,412 officials.
2024-03-11 20:32:00