The Management of Health Services of Lanzarote and the Primary Care Directorate, "by virtue of the current epidemiological data and due to organizational needs", have launched a series of measures that affect the health centers of Tahíche, Yaiza, Haría, Tinajo and Playa Honda. The objective, given the increase in the number of Covid-19 infections that has occurred in Lanzarote, is to "concentrate healthcare activity in some centers, limit the hours of the clinics and try to maximize operational capacity in the healthcare field while reinforcing epidemiological surveillance."
"These exceptional circumstances have led to the development of some contingency measures, including the closure of the Haría Health Center, whose users are being treated at the Mala Local Clinic from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday, as well as the closure, in the afternoon, of the Tinajo Local Clinic. Therefore, the hours of attention to the residents and users of this area will be from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday," they explain in a statement.
Another of the centers that has been affected is the Yaiza Health Center, currently located in Uga, which will attend exclusively in the morning from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and will remain closed in the afternoon.
On the other hand, and as has been conveyed to the municipal officials of San Bartolomé and Teguise, the Management of Health Services and the Primary Care Directorate have agreed to close the Tahíche Local Clinic in the afternoon from September 7, whose hours of attention will be from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday.
The necessary organizational changes in Primary Care also lead to the closure in the afternoon of the Pediatrics consultation of the Playa Honda Local Clinic from September 7, so the hours of attention will be from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday. Therefore, patients who need attention in the evening, from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., will be attended at the Titerroy Health Center, in Arrecife.
The measures adopted by the Management together with the Primary Care Directorate respond "to the need to adapt the management of the personnel of the health centers and clinics to, thus, be able to meet the healthcare demand of the population to which is currently added the attention generated by Covid-19."
In this regard, the Ministry of Health points out that many Primary Care professionals are dedicating themselves exclusively to the tasks of tracing cases and insists that the actions put in place involve a reduction in the transit of patients in health centers "under the premise of protecting the health of the entire population and professionals."
