60% Of hospital emergency Department of Torrevieja for 2012 were treated in health centres.

-Points of urgencies of the Department have offered 162.112 care

-activity in the surgical area has reached a total of 15,938 undertaken during the last year

– 54% of the surgery is performed on an outpatient

Torrevieja, January 2013.- the Department of Torrevieja, managed by Bank health and Asisa and integrated in the public network of the Generalitat ValencianaIt has completed the year with a high level of activity, when more than six years are met since it launched.

Points of urgencies of the Department have attended in total 162.112 consultations that a daily average of 442,93 daily emergencies. Of them, 94.237 (59%) have been recorded in health centres, with a daily average of 257,48 er, figure that finds the proper functioning thereof.

In the emergency room of the Hospital service has attended more than 67.875 patients, reaching an average of 185,45 daily emergencies. The Hospital of Torrevieja has a system of care to patients known as Manchester, which uses colors to classify the levels of urgency as mild, moderate or severe, allowing adjusting waiting times and improve care in the service. 31,22% Were very serious patients, 52.25% serious and 16,53% minor.

The media in emergencies during 2012 for emergency department patients have waited 34,75 minutes, data that reveal the prompt attention of the torrevejense emergency service.

On the other hand, the activity in the surgical area has a significant volume of interventions, reaching a total of 15,938 undertaken during the last year. This figure includes the urgent procedures; surgery without income and scheduled interventions requiring hospitalization.

The average surgical procedures complexity is higher than 15% of surgery performed elsewhere in hospitals in the same category, with a stay average significant minor than the aforementioned group, with the lowest rate of complications and readmissions.

The proper functioning of the Centre has allowed the reorganization of the surgical area by reducing the number of weekly interventions adapting it to current demand being reversible upon increase healthcare demand.

Major outpatient surgery of the torrevejense Centre program has enabled that 54% of total assistance from major surgery has been carried out without that patients spend the night at the Center after being seized. This is a form of modern, effective and safe assistance that is only possible thanks to the application of excellent surgical and anesthetic techniques, by experienced professionals.

The number of births is also a fact worth mentioning, because in 2012 they have attended a total of 1253 births at the Center; Gynecology and obstetrics team has opted to offer comprehensive care to women based on the personalisation of care.

The data are also significant in the area of external consultations, which has registered a total of 285.653 appointments for specialist, with peaks of 1,585 daily consultations and an average of 1143 queries handled every day.

In regard to queries the primary care, have been addressed more than 1,600,000 consultations, in different centers of health and ancillary offices available in the health area.