Hospital Puerto del Rosario

[poppi123]

They saved my wife's life, and treated her like a friend. What lovely people.

[Lexeus]

I am glad you had a good experience, A&E is very hit and miss in the Puerto Rosario Hospital but other departments seem to get good reviews. The NHS is in such a state that things can't look that bad out here can they

If you live down south there are absolutely no facilities, Pajara has 20,000 people who pay in to the Spanish health service but there is not a single x-ray machine and they have about one ultrasound, a&e comprises of a room and a single doctor. They essentially just offer 3 GP offices and apart from that you can just wait for an ambulance (maybe 4 hours?) or probably best just to call a taxi to Puerto instead..... you know if your life is at risk

There was about a 10 year peiod where the government had EU Money to build a hospital in the south and they forfeited that when they couldn't get their act together to do anything in a decade!

[Johnrgby]

I am glad you had a good experience, A&E is very hit and miss in the Puerto Rosario Hospital but other departments seem to get good reviews. The NHS is in such a state that things can't look that bad out here can they

If you live down south there are absolutely no facilities, Pajara has 20,000 people who pay in to the Spanish health service but there is not a single x-ray machine and they have about one ultrasound, a&e comprises of a room and a single doctor. They essentially just offer 3 GP offices and apart from that you can just wait for an ambulance (maybe 4 hours?) or probably best just to call a taxi to Puerto instead..... you know if your life is at risk

There was about a 10 year peiod where the government had EU money to build a hospital in the south and they forfeited that when they couldn't get their act together to do anything in a decade!

Welcome Alex, glad you made the leap.

[Lexeus]

Thanks John, it's pretty busy around here compared to the old country

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

From Radio Sintonia:

The Hospital of Fuerteventura obtains a notable high in the Hospital Discharge Satisfaction Survey, according to Health.

The Hospital of Fuerteventura obtained a notable high in the Hospital Discharge Satisfaction Survey, according to Health. According to the ESAH of 2019, the medical services most valued by patients were Neonatology, Cardiology, Pediatrics, Thoracic Surgery and Palliative Care.

 

Radio Sintonia Fuerteventura- The General Hospital of Fuerteventura, attached to the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands, has obtained an average score of 8.68 points in the latest Hospital Discharge Satisfaction Survey (ESAH), corresponding to the year 2019.

 

The study was carried out on a sample of 354 patients, the majority belonging to the age groups between 20-39 and 50-69 years, of which 57.5% were women and 42.5% men.

The Hospital medical services most valued by patients in 2019 were Neonatology with a 9.67, Cardiology with a 9.3, Pediatrics with a 9.2 and Thoracic Surgery and Palliative Care with a 9 each.

The evaluation carried out by users through the ESAH is one of the most sensitive instruments for measuring the quality of healthcare activity and knowing the satisfaction of the population served.

Regarding the treatment and care received by health personnel, in the hospital survey, 80.57% found the care of medical personnel very good, 87.9% rate the nursing care as very good, 69 55% give a very good rating to the attention of the administrative staff and the orderlies obtain a very good rating from 75.52% of those surveyed.

Along the same lines, 73.93% of those surveyed said they knew the name of their doctor at the hospital and 93.43% recognized that the staff at the plant addressed the patient by name.

Bill of Rights and Duties of Patients

Regarding the information of the Letter of Rights and Duties of Patients , 80.41% affirm that they were informed about this document. In addition, 82.18% claim to have been informed about the operation of the plant, its hours and visits, 57.95% described the cleaning of the room as very good, 43.19% said that it was not noisy in terms of bells, voices and doors, while 44.34% described it as not noisy in terms of machinery.

Likewise, they highlight that 98.86% of the patients consider that their privacy was respected during admission, 95.68% were clearly informed about the evolution of their disease and the tests that were carried out and 97.11% were told reported and requested consent to perform any test or intervention. On the other hand, 91.36% had time to read, understand and sign the informed consent and 97.37% were adequately informed about the care or treatment that they should follow at home.

63.63% consider very well the time it took to attend to you during your admission when you needed it and 71.55% are satisfied with the time for family visits.

Feeding

Regarding food, 40.87% were very satisfied with its temperature, 42.55% with its quality and 41.85% with its variety. Furthermore, 81.69% of the patients consider that the General Hospital of Fuerteventura is well signposted.

Obstetrics Block

88.06% of the respondents received information about the benefits of breastfeeding, 84.85% were informed about the care of the newborn and 85.71% found the care received in the delivery room very good.

Pediatrics Block
88.57% of those surveyed found the length of stay with their child very good during the child's admission,

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

From Radio Sintonia:

The care pressure in the ICU determines that the Hospital of Fuerteventura activates the first phase of the Contingency Plan against COVID-19. In this sense, the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islandshas reported today, who recalls that it has been prepared by the Management of Health Services to meet the demand for care in the face of the pandemic situation on the island.

Health points out that all hospitals in the Canary Islands prepared their contingency plans before last summer with the aim of being prepared for spikes in infections and admissions in the environment of the pandemic. In this case of Fuerteventura, in recent weeks the island has experienced an increase in hospital pressure that has led to the activation of this plan in order to guarantee quality care to all patients.

Intensive Care Unit

In this sense, it should be remembered that the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has 10 beds that, so far, have responded to the cases that have occurred on the island, both of critical patients affected by COVID-19 and other ailments. Currently, of the four patients affected by COVID-19 hospitalized at the center, three are in the ICU. This circumstance, together with the excess of critical occupation due to cause not related to COVID, has led to the activation of the first phase of the Contingency Plan, which marks an ICU occupancy greater than or equal to 8 beds.

Reconfiguration of hospital areas

The measures included in the Plan foresee the reconfiguration and disposition of several areas of the center for the care of critical patients. In this way, and once 8 beds of the traditional ICU of the center were occupied, these resources would be activated, as has happened in other hospitals of the Islands.

The Hospital of Fuerteventura has planned three more beds in the Post-Surgical Resuscitation Unit (REA) for the care of critical patients. In addition, as provided for in the Contingency Plan, there are four individual isolation rooms. These positions will be able to accommodate critical patients in the new hospitalization plant of Internal Medicine, being able to cover, if necessary, up to six positions.

The Manager of Health Services of Fuerteventura, José Luis Rodríguez Cubas, explains that the measures foreseen in the different phases of the Contingency Plan are designed to guarantee the care response in case of an increase in demand and hospital admissions to face the pandemic situation on the island. It also details that initially the attention to critical patients affected by COVID is centralized in the ICU, but the center has planned sufficient resources, spaces and equipment to guarantee care if the capacity of this unit is exceeded.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

from Radio Sintonia:

The General Hospital of Fuerteventura,a center attached to the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands, has received a score of 8.77 points in the latest Hospital Discharge Satisfaction Survey (ESAH) corresponding to the year 2020.

The hospital improves its assessment with respect to previous years, being the fourth score obtained by the different hospitals of the SCS in which the survey was carried out.

The hospital services best valued by patients in 2020 were Neurology that obtains a 9.5; Otolaryngology a 9,11; Pediatrics a 9.15; Urology and Digestive, which obtained an assessment of 9 each.

In the assessment by services and plants, the services of Pediatrics, Urology and Otolaryngology is found with values above the average of the Autonomous Community,as well as Module A2.

This survey is carried out annually by the Canary Islands Health Service with the aim of measuring the perceived quality of the care activity and knowing the satisfaction of the population served.

Assessment of the attention and treatment received

The users surveyed also valued very positively the quality of care received, both by health and non-health personnel.

In this way, 97.0 percent of the respondents were satisfied with the medical care received, while the attention of the nursing staff was positively valued by 98.1 percent of the sample. The attention by the administrative staff obtained 95.9 percent, that of the guards 98.7 percent and that of the cleaning staff 98.4 percent.

On the other hand, 98.5 percent of respondents said that the staff of the center was respectful of their privacy. In addition, 73.0 percent said they knew their doctor's name and 96.6 percent of users said staff addressed them by name.

97.6 percent of users were satisfied with the time it has taken to attend to them when they have needed it and 90.7 percent consider the visitation time established for family members to be very good.

Information received

As for the information in the Charter of Rights and Duties of patients, 74 percent claim to have been knowledgeable about this document.

96.3 percent of the respondents said they had been clearly informed about the evolution of their disease and the tests carried out. And 97.2 percent say they have been informed prior to performing a test or intervention, as well as having requested their consent; 88.4 percent are very satisfied with the time they had to read, understand and sign informed consent.

96.0 percent of the surveyed population said they had adequately received the guidelines to follow on the care and treatments they should follow at home.

Obstetrics and pediatrics block

Regarding the Obstetrics service block, 85.3% of the patients surveyed said they had received information about the care of the newborn and 96.0% about the benefits of breastfeeding.

En cuanto a Pediatría, también el 97,8 por ciento de los encuestados consideró adecuado el tiempo que permaneció junto a su hijo.

El 98,6 por ciento de las mujeres consideró adecuada la atención recibida en paritorio.

Valoración del alojamiento

En cuanto a la limpieza de la habitación, el 95,8 por ciento se mostró satisfecho, mientras que sobre los ruidos en la habitación, el 88,4 por ciento la considera nada o poco ruidosa en relación con los timbres, voces y puertas y el 85,6 por ciento la consideró nada o poco ruidosa en cuanto a maquinaria y obras.

En cuanto a la comida, el 87,1 por ciento está satisfecho con su temperatura, el 85,7 por ciento con su calidad y 79,7 por ciento con su variedad. Además, el 81,7 por ciento de los usuarios considera que el hospital está bien señalizado.

Muestra de la ESAH

The Hospital Discharge Satisfaction Survey (ESAH) is a tool that it carries out every year to measure the perceived quality of the care activity and to know the satisfaction of the population served in aspects that collect, for example, the reception of the patient, the information and quality of the care provided, conditions of the accommodation or treatment received, among others, during their hospitalization process.

On this occasion, the 2020 survey of the General Hospital of Fuerteventura was carried out with a sample of 335 patients. Some 55.1 percent were women and 44.9 percent were men, within the age groups of 20-39 years and 50-69 years. And 70 years and older, with 12.1 percent.

The manager of Health Services of Fuerteventura, José Luis Rodríguez, and the director of the Health Area of Fuerteventura, Sandra Celis, highlight the improvement in the assessment and the increase in the percentage of satisfaction by users of the hospital center which, in the face of a situation of health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, values the effort and constant commitment of all the health personnel of the Fuerteventura Health Area to provide a quality service to the citizens of the island.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Radio Sintonia:

The Minister of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands, Blas Trujillo, reported today in the Parliamentary Committee that the new Radiation Oncology Unit of the General Hospital of Fuerteventura will become operational, if the planned schedule is met, in the second quarter of 2022.
It is estimated that during the second half of December, after the approval of the relevant permits, the installation of the accelerator will begin, this work will last approximately one month. From this moment, the calibration of the equipment will begin, which entails an average time of two to four months, which could be extended up to five months depending on the availability of specialists in Medical Physics.
The expected start date of this service is set for the second quarter of 2022, a date that will be conditioned to the availability of specialized personnel, medical physicists and radiotherapy technicians.
Approximately 120 patients a year will receive comprehensive treatment in the new Radiation Oncology Unit of Fuerteventura, which represents 80% of cancer patients on the island. The rest, depending on the type of process or the need for specific equipment and a very high level of specialization, will continue to be attended to at the reference center.
It was last August when the General Directorate of Economic Resources of the SCS formalized the contract for the acquisition, installation and maintenance of radiation oncology equipment, for an amount of 4,302,150 euros, for which the installation authorization has been requested from the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN).

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

from Radio Sintonia:

Ángel Víctor Torres, president of the Canary Islands, announced today in the Debate of the State of canarian Nationality 2022 that in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote this year the Radiation Oncology services of the hospitals of both islands will be launched, and the Hemodynamics Units of Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and La Palma will be executed.
President Torres, with regard to specific issues of the island of Majorera, also referred in his speech to the commitment to the expansion of the Corralejo pier, in La Oliva.
They were the only two occasions in which President Ángel Víctor Torres in his speech in the Canarian Parliament put the accent on the Island of Fuerteventura.
Debate this afternoon
The debate will continue in the afternoon of today, Tuesday, March 22, from 4:00 p.m. with the intervention for a space of 40 minutes of the spokesman of the Canarian Nationalist Group, José Miguel Barragán, will be followed by the spokesman of the Popular Party and will close the afternoon the spokesmen of the Mixed, Ricardo de la Puente Armas and Vidina Espino who will share the time and intervene each 5 minutes.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

from Radio Sintonia:

The Management of Health Services of the Health Area of Fuerteventura, attached to the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands, has expanded the endowment of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the General Hospital of Fuerteventura with a new box for the care of patients in critical condition.

This new box, equipped with highly specialized equipment, represents an increase to 11 of the number of critical hospitalization beds in the hospital center, thus maximizing the necessary coverage in situations of overoccupation, such as those that could arise from the current health emergency associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

As for the equipment, it has a large work surface and is equipped with a lock and negative/positive pressure, which optimizes the care of those patients who require isolation, preserving the safety of professionals.

The new box incorporates a supply headboard suspended from the ceiling for the provision of medical gases, electricity and data, and has a patient crane system, both elements intended to facilitate a functional, safe and adapted to the performance of professionals.

Likewise, the functionality of these new ICU posts allows the integration of the endowment, so as to ensure the greatest possible comfort, the arrangement of the equipment around the patient and accessibility to it from all points.

The director of the Health Area of Fuerteventura, Sandra Celis, highlights the improvement in care implied by the incorporation of this new box, thus expanding the icu endowment of the Majorero hospital center, which also allows to guarantee a better response to situations of overoccupation derived from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The manager of Health Services of Fuerteventura, José Luís Rodríguez, explains that with this increase in endowment, the ICU of the hospital center responds to the document of 'Standards and Recommendations of Intensive Care Units', published by the Ministry of Health, since of the 11 available boxes, four meet isolation conditions. It also recalls that this document establishes that "from the point of view of care, the most appropriate dimension of the ICU is between eight and 12 beds, considering the need to have a room with positive pressure and another with negative pressure, depending on the population assisted".