After 15 years of waiting, Sant Antoni will finally have its first radiology room in the health center of the municipality. The adaptation works have begun this week, and the service is expected to be operational in March, as reported by the Health Area of Ibiza and Formentera.
The director of the Basic Health Zone of Sant Antoni, Pepe González, has described this milestone as “quite an achievement”, recalling that the radiology room “was already built and plumbed since the opening of the center in 2010, waiting for equipment to be installed one day”. Now, with the investment of 232,320 euros, the service will be a reality.
A relief for neighbors: less trips to Ibiza
With almost 30,000 active health cards, Sant Antoni is the second most populated municipality in Ibiza, but until now it lacked an essential service such as radiology.
“Currently, there are many people who have to go to Can Misses just for a simple X-ray, even if the rest of their tests, such as analysis or electrocardiograms, are done here,” explained González. “This is a great effort, especially for elderly people or those with reduced mobility. From now on, they will be able to do it in Sant Antoni without having to move to Ibiza.”
For her part, the director of the Health Area of Ibiza and Formentera, Ángels Escandell, highlighted the positive impact on local healthcare: “With this room we are decongesting the Can Misses Hospital and bringing healthcare closer to the people of Sant Antoni, who until now did not have this option at their health center”.
Progressive start-up and first tests
The adaptation works, which will last approximately two weeks, include the installation of the electrical network and cable ducting for the operation of the new Fujifilm FDR SMART X equipment. Once completed, the equipment will be installed and the healthcare staff will be trained, with the aim of having the room operational in March.
“We are not going to try to take on all the demand at once, but we will start progressively,” said González. “What we do know is that every year more than 4,000 people from Sant Antoni have needed X-rays at Can Misses. Now, when it has to be done, it will be done here”.
Regarding emergency care, the director clarified that criteria will be established to define which cases will be treated at Sant Antoni and which will continue to require transfer to the hospital. “A small trauma to a foot or hand can be done here, but in more complex cases, such as hip or spinal injuries, each situation will be evaluated.”
With this inauguration, the Sant Antoni health center will become the first health center in Ibiza to have a radiology service, an advance that will improve health care in the municipality and reduce the burden on the Can Misses Hospital.
