Canarian Weekly
South Hospital is such
a big plus for patients
THE human and everyday factor of the recently-opened South Hospital is there for all to see as it expands its facilities.
The opening of the first 49 hospital beds for acute, short-stay patients, along with the intensive-care activity, has relieved some of the burden on the Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria. It has also eased the burden on patients having to travel to Santa Cruz for treatment.
South Hospital has expanded its range of medical specialities and diagnostic functional tests and has, thus, enhanced the number of consultations.
This has seen a sharp decline in the number of patients using the Island's main centre in the capital of Tenerife. Official figures released this week show that from April 2015 to April 2016, the South Hospital has had more than 157,000 physician visits and conducted 27,000 test and procedures.
In the Day Hospital, there have been 1,801 treatments for patients who would normally have had to travel to Santa Cruz.
According to the Ministry of Health, patients in the South received 82,484 physiotherapy sessions. And there have been impressive numbers in those using the facilities for specialised medical care in the field of Mental Health, with almost 23,000 consultations.
South Hospital is such
a big plus for patients
THE human and everyday factor of the recently-opened South Hospital is there for all to see as it expands its facilities.
The opening of the first 49 hospital beds for acute, short-stay patients, along with the intensive-care activity, has relieved some of the burden on the Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria. It has also eased the burden on patients having to travel to Santa Cruz for treatment.
South Hospital has expanded its range of medical specialities and diagnostic functional tests and has, thus, enhanced the number of consultations.
This has seen a sharp decline in the number of patients using the Island's main centre in the capital of Tenerife. Official figures released this week show that from April 2015 to April 2016, the South Hospital has had more than 157,000 physician visits and conducted 27,000 test and procedures.
In the Day Hospital, there have been 1,801 treatments for patients who would normally have had to travel to Santa Cruz.
According to the Ministry of Health, patients in the South received 82,484 physiotherapy sessions. And there have been impressive numbers in those using the facilities for specialised medical care in the field of Mental Health, with almost 23,000 consultations.
