Agenda for public protests over south hospital

[aspasia]

There will be a public march in Los Cristianos on 21 April to protest against the continued delays and unfulfilled promises over many years concerning the southern hospital. "Hospital público ya" (public hospital now) have organized the march for Saturday 21 April, and call on everyone to participate who is interested in the completion of the hospital in the south for treatment in our own region, without forcing patients and visitors to travel to the north.

If you want to take part and add to the numbers please do join in. It starts at 4pm from the Auditorio Infanta Leonor in the centre of town near the cultural centre, and will end at Avenida de Suecia and the harbour.

Further protests are planned throughout the whole of south Tenerife, and will take place at 7pm every Friday starting from tomorrow, 16 March, in the plaza Cesar Manrique de La Postura in Adeje. This will be followed on 23 March at the plaza de Playa San Juan, Guía de Isora; 1 April at the plaza de El Médano, Granadilla; 8 April in the plaza de San Pedro in Vilaflor; and 15 April in the plaza de la Pescadora in Los Cristianos and simultaneously in the plaza de Valle San Lorenzo. JAA

[aspasia]

Whether it had anything to do with the public protests (see HERE) or not, the President of the Canaries, Paulino Rivero, has today given assurances that money has been allocated for the new public hospitals in north and south Tenerife. He laid the blame for the delay in works at the southern hospital at the feet of the citizen protest group for demanding extra services over and above those originally planned.

The President said the works had not stopped but were continuing at a rate dictated by budgetary demands, perhaps an oblique reference to the millions said to be outstanding to one major contractor who has been reported as having downed tools until payment was made. Nonetheless, it will please many to hear Sr Rivero confirm that the works are to continue, even if only slowly, and to affirm that the southern hospital is a necessity for the area. The President was speaking during a visit to the new San Isidro health centre. JA

[Janet]

Well, they said that work would continue "at a rate dictated by budgetary demands", and budgetary demands in the Canaries at present have involved an appeal to the mainland for a bailout, so it's perhaps not surprising that there's no money to pay contractors. As a result, work has now stopped on the hospital with heavy machinery being moved off site, and the Unión Temporal de Empresas (UTE), formed by the contractor FCC-Isolux-Corsan-Syocsa Inarsa consortium, says that as of 2 October, all works on El Mojón hospital are now paralysed. JA

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

Yet every village has its very own shiny new white elephant cultural centre.  You could have built a lot of hospital for the cost of them all.

[Janet]

Yes, but the reason is that it's a different source of funding: Cabildo rather than Canarian Government. If there were fewer levels of government ......

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

Amen!   

[Guanche]

From the top terrace of our house we can see the domains of FIVE mayors. That's five ayuntamientos with all the paid staff, offices and vehicles.....Oh and expenses!

[poker]

The green and blue clinic are of course pushing on the like button of their facebook page now .

[Perikles]

This might not be the right thread. Anyway, the Cabildo has decided that the El Mojón project is to continue and will be open for business in November 2014

Proof

Hang on - perhaps it should be in the Jokes thread .....

[poker]

I think . . . .
This is just going to be a move of the available servises that we have now to the piece of the new building that is as good as finished . 

No new services as the rest of the building is still (for years) under construction .

Anyway its a step in the wright direction .