The works for the construction of the new Local Clinic for the municipality of Tinajo are already underway. The building, which will be located in the Plaza de San Roque, will involve an investment of 696,113.98 euros and has an execution period of 12 months, according to the Canary Islands Health Service (SCS). The construction has been awarded to the company Hormigones Insulares S.L. (Horinsa).
This new clinic will represent an important expansion of the provision of health services in Tinajo. Thus, the building will have pediatrics, nursing and family medicine consultations, among others. In this way, the Ministry of Health intends to "respond to the current and future needs of the population of the town".
The building, which will replace the current clinic and will be part of the San Bartolomé-Tinajo Basic Health Zone, will be located on a plot of 1,261 square meters, transferred to the SCS by the City Council. According to the functional plan approved by the General Directorate of Assistance Programs of the SCS, the Clinic will have 650 square meters built and will have an admission, administration and clinical history file area, a sample collection room, a pediatrics area with two consultations, waiting room and toilet, two adult nursing consultations, two family medicine consultations, a multipurpose consultation, waiting rooms and toilets, a treatment and emergency room, staff changing rooms, warehouses and technical rooms.
The San Bartolomé-Tinajo Basic Health Zone, dependent on the Lanzarote Health Area, has a total of 14,117 Individual Health Cards (TSI), of which 5,189 correspond to the Tinajo Local Clinic. Of these, 4,288 are for family medicine and the remaining 901 are for the pediatrics area.