Sintra Council signed, on Tuesday, the contract for the construction of the new Bellas Health Center, The work that will cost more than one million euros, with a deadline of 420 days.
The work that was officially honored this Tuesday, At a ceremony attended by the Minister of State for Health Affairs, Diogo Serra Lopez, part of the local authority health programme.
The municipality of Sintra has already invested nine million euros in the construction of five new health centers – in Queluz, Agualfa, Sintra, Marjim do Bispo, Alghero and Mim Martins – which are considered by Mayor Basilio Horta “A real revolution in the provision of health care in the province“.
This is the sixth health center to be built by Sintra municipality in recent years and shows the priority given to health in Sintra municipality. It is a real revolution in the provision of health care in the province. Basilio Horta, speaking to Lusa, said there is about nine million euros of investment in new health centers covering more than 150,000 people.
Therefore, he added, “Now it is required that the central authority regulate and ensure that these health facilities have all the conditions to provide a good service to the population.” According to the municipality, Rio de Moro will be the next parish to have new equipment.