The new Hospiten Estepona Emergency Department for adults and pediatric patients, Outpatients and Hospitalization, which doubles its capacity, is being opened today following the completion of the expansion and modernization of the hospital, which has involved an investment of 16 million euros and was recently completed to meet the demand for care in Estepona and the surrounding municipalities.

The expansion of the private hospital center has been carried out through three actions, increasing the capacity of the Emergency, Hospitalization and Outpatient blocks, connecting the existing building with the new enlarged area, which adjoins and integrates with the old space.

"Twenty years ago, Hospiten made a commitment to Estepona and we opened this hospital center which, given the significant demand in recent years, we have expanded to continue working on the creation of wellness ecosystems, always focusing on caring for people," said Pedro Luis Cobiella Beauvais, Vice-President and CEO of Hospiten.

The Emergency Department has been significantly expanded, with the creation of a new Pediatric Emergency Department with a team of medical specialists to respond to any problem or ailment in children. In this way, two different circuits for adults and minors are set up, speeding up waiting times for patients. Thus, the new 24-hour emergency block increases its capacity from 7 to a total of 13 emergency boxes (cardiopulmonary resuscitation boxes, pediatric boxes and isolated boxes), an aerosol room, a triage room, and waiting rooms for adults and children. Thus, with the expansion of this block, Hospiten Estepona will be able to attend to any type of emergency, even those of high complexity.

The number of rooms in the Hospitalization block has increased, both in the existing building and in the new enlarged area, to a total of 53 rooms, in addition to the 6 existing ICU (Intensive Care Unit) rooms. In total, Hospiten Estepona now has 59 beds, including hospitalization and ICU. This guarantees the highest quality healthcare services.

Finally, the Outpatients block has been enlarged with 12 new consulting rooms, so that the number of spaces for medical specialists' consultations has been increased to a total of 30, between the new and existing areas. The addition of these new spaces will enable Hospiten Estepona to reinforce medical specialties that are in great demand, such as the Gynecology and Obstetrics Unit, Pediatrics, Traumatology, Ophthalmology and Cardiology, among others. New medical specialties such as the Angiology Unit, Vascular Surgery and the Pain Unit have also recently been added to the Hospiten Estepona Medical Staff.

On the same average, the number of outdoor parking spaces has been increased to 300, while maintaining the 14 adapted and accessible parking spaces.

With regard to job creation, the expansion project will lead to the hiring of new professionals to fill vacancies in different departments at Hospiten Estepona, and a 30% increase in the workforce is already planned.

The expansion and modernization of Hospiten Estepona, coinciding with its twentieth anniversary, will make it possible to increase and improve patient care with an increase in services and specialties, as part of Hospiten's commitment to society.

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