Severo Ochoa modernises and expands its unit of pain.

-La pain unit has direct natural light providing greater comfort to the patient

– have expanded facilities in 50 square meters with which currently has a total of 123 square meters

Madrid, September of 2011- the University Hospital Severo Ochoa de Leganésbelonging to the public network of the community of Madrid, has launched the new pain unit that resulted in a 50% increase on the previous surface, as it passes from 73-123 square meters. In addition, facilities are modernized with natural light in units and a greater comfort to their users. This improvement of the facilities is part of the improvement measures taken by the hospital. Once finished the works of extension of the Centre is being conducted a reuse of spaces resulting from the extension and modernisation of various services of the Hospital, among the pain unit

this unit, located on the second floor of the Hospital, zone A, has been enlarged its 50 square meters surface. Of the 73 that he turned into 123 square meters. This allows the use of space in a more rational manner taking as the comfort of the patient. Still counting the same bed, but facilities providing them with direct natural light and a close and warm atmosphere have improved.

on the other hand, will have improved working conditions for health unit workers has endowed the offices of more meters and improved implementation of treatments precisely by the wider facilities.

The activity of the unit focuses on preoperative processes and pain. As regards the first of these were carried during the first half of the year a total of 5.129 consultations, mainly of early consultations (4.749). The successive consultations were 380. With regard to treatment of pain, in the same period of time, has been a total of 2,095 external consultations, of which 329 were first consultations and successive 1.766.