Chiron hospital began a campaign of moderate alcohol consumption.

– alcohol consumption soars during the fair season, six of every ten people that usually do not consume, do fair-time

-the traffic unit of the hospital wants to educate the Malaga population risks posed by excessive alcohol consumption as well as the dangers involved in driving a vehicle in a State of drunken

Spain, 2011-August under the motto do it for your health!, Hospital Chiron Málaga returned once again to the Malaga fair to promote responsible behaviour among citizens. In this sense, the hospital and its trafficking unit have begun on Saturday, August 13, a prevention campaign to promote a moderate consumption of alcohol among people over 18 years.

Explains Dr. Felix Martinez, Member of the traffic unit and head of emergency department during the fair season fires, over 60 per cent, the consumption of alcohol, i.e. six out of ten people that usually do not consume, do at fair time. Data, is also linked to the increase in car accidents associated with the State of drunkenness of citizens, according to the specialist, is necessary to us all involve the responsibility that no one drive after drinking that this may give rise to irreparable injury ”.

Thus, Hospital Chiron wants to move to the Malaga risks associated with excessive alcohol consumption as well as the dangers of driving a vehicle in a State of drunkenness. In this sense, the specialists of the Centre Hospitalier suggest avoiding the consumption of alcohol, or failing that, do so sparingly, alternating a glass of water or juice for every 30 milliliters of alcohol and certainly accompany these sugary food or fruit drinks. In the same way, is recommended for those dates that increases the consumption of alcohol, take care of the quality of sleep and maintain the immune system in healthy conditions to resist the damage that can lead to this product. The experts of the traffic unit explained that you among the main consequences, alcohol consumption decreases pupillary reflexes, movements and language by up to 90 percent.

The campaign that launched Hospital Chiron Malaga told, during the first day of fair, with an information stand at anchor Street (in front of former provincial Council) where staff of the hospital advised stakeholders on how to consume alcohol in an appropriate manner and, from where, in order to foster responsible citizens conduct, is presented to the Malaga with informative maps with routes within these dates to enjoy on foot or by transport fair audience.

on Hospital Chiron Malaga

Hospital Chiron Málaga has 24,360 square meters dedicated to health care and cutting edge equipmentmore than 150 physicians and Surgeons of the highest level and 35 medical specialties available to the patient. The hospital has 136 beds for hospitalization of which 25 are suites and 250 parking spaces parcamiento. It also has all the services of a general hospital with 51 external consultations, hospital surgical day, adult, gynaecological and paediatric emergency, bathtub for natural births, neonatal ICU to the assistance of deliveries less than 32 weeks. The hospital is the only private hospital in the province specialized in reconstructive microsurgery and corrective cosmetic surgery, which provides the possibility to correct all those errors of an aesthetic operation in another centre.

Hospital Group about Chiron

Currently, group hospital Chiron has seven general hospitals in Barcelona, Madrid, Málaga, San Sebastián, Valencia, Vizcaya and Zaragoza, as well as a hospital day in Zaragoza and a monographic Center of reproduction in Bilbao.

Chiron is the first hospital group in healthcare area of new construction in Spain, with a total of 207. 000 m km². All its centers are equipped with the most advanced equipment in diagnosis, treatment, and telemedicine, in total, there are 2,200 employees, manages 917 hospital beds, 104 ICUs, 103 operating theatres and 537 clinics.

Group Hospital Chiron has agreements with the majority of medical insurance at the national level and in 2010 treated in its hospitals 254.445 er 87.715 income, 66.988 interventions, 6.410 births and 763.374 consultations.