This investment will allow the Canary Islands Health Service (SCS) to adapt its screening programs to new national recommendations, which aim to include women aged 45 to 74 progressively. Currently, the program focuses on the 50 to 69 age group.

The new equipment will be deployed across various health centers in the archipelago. Five units will be installed in Tenerife, distributed between CAE Rumeu, Hospital del Sur, Hospital del Norte, and the Hospital Universitario de Canarias. Meanwhile, Gran Canaria will receive three units, to be located at CAE Vecindario, the Breast Cancer Early Detection Unit of Juan XXIII, and the Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín.

The expansion plan also includes upgrading resources on other islands, allocating one unit to the CAE of Los Llanos de Aridane, in La Palma, and another to the Hospital Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, in La Gomera. The tender includes advanced tomosynthesis and guided biopsy systems, with a maximum execution period of four months following the contract award.