The Andalusian regional government's health spokesperson Antonio Sanz, has set out the timetable for the project, worth over 15 million euros, after the contract was signed with the construction company
Users of the facility in the eastern Costa del Sol town will be able to take a shower and wash and will also have a place to rest, as well as access clothing, warm clothing, food and hygiene products
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President of the Andalusian regional government, Junma Moreno, meets patients and staff in the hospital.
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The new building creates space for new key care areas including an outpatients area, radiology, gastroenterology and care for patients with chronic illnesses
Some 31 centres will be open in the afternoons, while the health department monitors and reviews healthcare activity across the Andalusian health service on a fortnightly basis
The new facility will serve a municipality that now has over 50,000 inhabitants and where the healthcare needs had not kept pace with population growth