Project approval and call for tenders for the construction of a new sanitary unit in Torres Novas

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The Cardilium Family Health Unit will be adjacent to Rainha Santa Isabel Hospital.

in 2020Torrejanos has seen rehabilitation Torres Novas Health CenterWhere the city’s only sanitary unit is currently located. Almonda Family Health Unit🇧🇷 Despite the project, which took about a year, there has been talk of building a second USF for a long time.

Today, at a meeting of the City Council, the project was approved and a tender for work was opened Building a Cardilium Family Health Unit – Torres Novaswhich will be located on Avenida Xanana Gusmão, next to Queen Santa Isabel Hospital🇧🇷 The project has already been mentioned in Municipal budget Municipality for the year 2023, as it is considered one of its pillars, in the field of health.

The new health unit intends to reach 14 thousand users, and the project revealsRelatively modular ‘L’ rectangular plan, mainly on one floor, and articulated with an adjoining car park through which the building is accessed, capacity for 67 spacesWhich includes three places for people with disabilities, two exclusively for ambulances, and a place for loading and unloading patients.

As described in Official announcement In the town hall, two wings are designed for the interior of the building: a double wing for the control and advisory offices, and another that will be “Perpendicular to the previous wing, it consists of a simple wing of a corridor giving access to the offices and treatment rooms🇧🇷 A second corridor with restricted access to health personnel and agents”It will incorporate all cubicles and support cells, as well as staff social facilities🇧🇷

In the future, consideration is being given to extending the building, with the construction of another one-storey wing, as needed, which has led to a restatement of the initial proposal, with a view to avoiding, subsequently, “Any major demolition or adaptation of the proposed building now and without endangering its functioning during the period in which this construction is taking place🇧🇷

Total project budget 2,113,036.90 euros + VAT at the applicable statutory rate, which will be partially funded by Recovery and resilience plan🇧🇷 The proposed work implementation period is 550 days.