The Lanzarote Health Area, attached to the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands, held the meeting of the Island Health Council this Tuesday, May 6, the highest body for participation of groups linked to the health sector.
The meeting was chaired by the director of the Area, Esther Machín, and was attended by the manager of the Lanzarote Health Services, Pablo Eguia, the director of Primary Care, María Eugenia Perdomo, and the medical director of the Doctor José Molina Orosa University Hospital, Luis Carlos Moreno. Also attending were Public Health officials and representatives of the Lanzarote Cabildo, the island's town councils, unions, associations and neighborhood and social groups.
During the meeting held at the El Zaguán citizen participation center in Arrecife, the activity report of the Area Directorate was approved, while the manager presented the 2025-2028 Strategic Plan of the Management and the management results for the year 2024.
The assistance in figures
In his presentation to the island representatives, Pablo Eguia highlighted the healthcare activity in the past year, in which a total of 220,266 consultations were recorded in the specialty area and 11,699 surgical interventions were performed, a record figure that had never been reached before at the Molina Orosa Hospital.
On the other hand, he highlighted the improvement in diagnostic tests and the growth experienced by some sections such as the digestive area, last year 7,565 endoscopies were performed or neurophysiological tests with a growth of almost 20 percent, reaching 1,615 studies.
He also presented the Primary Care data for 2024, where a total of 1,804,658 were attended, which is ten percent more than in 2023.
In addition, the manager pointed out the growth of the organic staff and the incorporation of new specialists to the Management of the Lanzarote Health Services, while pointing out that they continue working to retain talent and consolidate staff, as well as in the progressive expansion of the service portfolio.
Investments in Infrastructure and equipment
The meeting of the Health Council also served to review the works and reforms that have been carried out in the island's health facilities and the new projects that are being worked on.
In that sense, Pablo Eguia highlighted the investments planned in the Canary Islands Budget Law for the Management of Health Services of Lanzarote in infrastructure and equipment for the year 2025, which reaches the historical figure of 7,624,745 euros, with a growth of almost 50 percent compared to the year that has just concluded.
From the Directorate of the Lanzarote Health Area, the activity carried out by the inspectors attached to the Area during the past year was presented. In this sense, its head, Esther Machín, highlighted the work carried out from the medical inspection and Public Health in order to improve the healthcare provision to the society of Lanzarote.
Health Council
The Health Council is a citizen participation body that brings together, in addition to the members of the Canary Health Service, representatives of the island council of the town councils, and professional associations, patient associations, unions and neighborhood groups of Lanzarote.
It is a collegiate body that performs advisory and consulting functions on issues related to health activities that take place within its demarcation. Contemplated in the Canary Islands Health Planning Law, they serve to make effective the participation of the different administrations and social agents in health activities, their adaptation to the regulations and the social needs of the population.
