He construction project for a heliport at the Valdecilla Hospital has suffered “a technical problem” that has delayed the file, as announced by the Health Minister, César Pascual in the plenary session of Parliament. According to the Government of Cantabria (PP) it is the responsibility of the previous Ministry of Healththat the last legislature was managed by the PSOE that “they screwed up again with the file.”
Apparently, heThe construction of the heliport has had to be moved a few meters in the chosen location, the vertical access of the Valdecilla South consultation entrancebecause The technicians determined that the structure “was not going to support the weight”. Specifically, they pointed out that “they had to put thicker pillars and support the platform well”, but “that Given the number of facilities underneath, the interior walls and the limitation of steps, this structural reinforcement would require the transfer of all of Valdeclla Sur’s air conditioning machinery: removing it, disassembling it, moving it, to place the reinforcements and then place them again. Therefore, we already had a risk for the operation of the hospital.”
POSSIBLE RISK OF INCREASE IN COST
This is how Pascual explained it in the plenary session of Parliament this Monday in a interpellation of the PSOE, whose deputy Raúl Pesquera -who was Minister of Health during the last legislature- has questioned the reason for the delay and has hoped to have the project put out to tender in the first quarter of 2024 after eleven months have already passed since it was awarded. So, The socialist has lamented that “there are always problems” around this action and, regarding the technical problems detected, he said that “for that reason a study is requested.”
The head of Health has assured him that His Government has “no interest in delaying this work, which does not have any budgetary problems either,” and that “the project is going to be carried out.” “If nothing happens,” he clarified, because “at this point I don’t put my hand in the fire for anything.” As indicated, once Permission has been obtained from the State Aviation Safety Agency (AESA) after the small change in location and the “possible risk of a small increase” has been accepted. What would it mean to move the helisurface those meters, the successful bidders of the lot and the supervision technician are already working on the basic project and preparing the execution project.
HIGH RESOLUTION HOSPITAL
On the other hand, Pesquera has also asked Pascual in plenary about the construction project for a high-resolution hospital and health center in Castro Urdialeswhich the socialist considers a “reverie” of the counselor, since “we don’t see progress on anything” and furthermore “there are no professionals” to get it started. The socialist deputy consider this project an “occurrence” with the lack of resources existing in the Laredo Hospital and has asked Pascual to clarify when it would be put out to tender and if it will be a hospital or a health centerto which the head of Health has assured that “both things will be built, as the mayor, the socialist Susana Herrán, knows well, “because we have been with her and she has given us a plot.” “Let’s build both things. Spot. There is no more discussion,” he said.
Pascual has preferred not to advance a date for the tender “knowing what the Administration is like”, but has said that he would like it to be before the end of the year given that the functional plan “is already practically finished.” Regarding the future high-resolution hospital in Castro Urdiales, he has announced that it will depend on the one in Laredo, which will continue to be the “central axis” that the new one will complement – just as the Tres Mares Hospital in Reinosa depends on the one in Sierrallana -.
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