The Nueva Andalucía clinic is transformed into a health center with 19 consultations

It's the second day of the week and the second inauguration of new health facilities in Marbella. If Monday was the inauguration of the new emergency building at Las Albarizas, now it's the turn of Nueva Andalucía, a district whose population has doubled in recent years to more than 14,000 people. As of this Tuesday, Nueva Andalucía has a health center, replacing the old clinic, inaugurated by the Minister of Health, Presidency, and Emergencies of the Junta de Andalucía, Antonio Sanz, and the mayor of Marbella, Ángeles Muñoz.

The change involves an increase from eight to 19 consultations, adding family medicine, nursing, and pediatrics services, as well as extraction, triage, and training areas. The arrival of a state-of-the-art electrocardiograph and an ultrasound machine that even allows the application of Artificial Intelligence to diagnostics is particularly notable. In terms of human resources, the center will be staffed with six family doctors, two pediatricians, six nurses, and one nursing assistant (TCAE), an administrative assistant, and an orderly. And "soon a doctor and an additional administrative assistant will join this staff," the minister noted.

"An unprecedented commitment has been made that includes new centers, hospital expansions, and better resources, with the goal of providing quality public healthcare worthy of Marbella"

Ángeles Muñoz

Mayor of Marbella

All this "is part of the transformation of the healthcare map of Marbella" initiated through collaboration between the City Council and the Junta de Andalucía, as emphasized by the mayor, which has resulted in the arrival of more than 3,500 square meters of new healthcare space in primary care, with a municipal investment of 7.4 million euros. "We are talking about an unprecedented commitment that includes new centers, hospital expansions, and better resources, with the goal of offering quality public healthcare worthy of Marbella," the mayor noted, pleased to "respond to a historic demand from residents with modern facilities designed for both professionals and patients," she said referring to the Nueva Andalucía health center, the last of the new infrastructures scheduled within that "transformation" to come into service.

Antonio Sanz has thanked for the work "from collaboration and institutional loyalty" of the mayor of Marbella and her team, "always prioritizing the needs of the residents of Marbella, to improve healthcare and, ultimately, the lives of the people of Marbella."

Commitment to primary care

The Health Minister emphasized that these new infrastructures demonstrate the government's commitment to transforming primary care, "the gateway to the healthcare system," and to do so "through listening and analysis with professionals."

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This commitment, he detailed, involves "improving the working conditions of our healthcare workers, expanding resources, and ensuring more stability and security in their daily work." Thus, in October, the Government Council approved a "historic" expansion of the staff of the Andalusian Health Service by 3,893 new professionals, of which 972 have been incorporated into the province of Málaga to particularly strengthen primary care (371 going to new infrastructures, 196 to primary care, 138 to screening programs, and 48 to advanced therapies), with which "we take an important step towards correcting the deficit caused by decades of injustice with the province."

Moreover, Sanz highlighted, since 2019 more than 362 million euros have been invested in health infrastructures in Málaga and another 91 million are budgeted for 2026.