The Health delegate of the Junta de Andalucía in Málaga, María Antigua Escalera, has reiterated her commitment that the new Health Centre in La Cala del Moral will open in the second half of January 2012.
The Health delegate said that they are still working on equipping the new centre and that the staffing of the new facility would be increased in accordance with the needs of the centre.
Unions are afraid that the new centre will open with the same number of medical staff as are currently employed and they point out that Rincón de la Victoria has a ratio of one doctor per 2,000 patients whereas the legal maximum is one doctor per 1,500 patients.
The Health delegate refused to be drawn into citing figures and gave tyhe impression that it was quite likely that the centre could open without any increase in medical staff.