This new service, which began operations in October, has a multidisciplinary team and will cover a reference population of 273,537 users from the basic health zones of Arico, Granadilla, Los Cristianos, Arona-Vilaflor, Adeje, Guía de Isora, and Santiago del Teide. The initiative aims to bring healthcare closer to the southern area, thus avoiding travel to the units in Taco and La Vera, as well as to the University Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria.
The launch of this unit involved an investment of 50,000 euros, allocated to adapting spaces and providing furniture. This is the third CMA unit in operation on the island, joining those already active in Taco and La Vera, the latter being a pioneer in the Canary Islands with twenty years of activity. In total, the archipelago has seven CMA units.
The unit will focus on the diagnosis, treatment, or monitoring of pathologies such as lipomas, cysts, warts, dermatofibromas, and nail conditions. In addition to CMA units, the Primary Care Management of Tenerife has eighteen basic minor surgery units across the island.
Minor surgery encompasses simple, short-duration techniques performed under local anesthesia on superficial or easily accessible tissues, allowing for safe and ambulatory resolution of procedures. This avoids unnecessary referrals and improves patient access to interventions that might otherwise involve longer waiting times in the hospital setting.
The provision of basic and advanced minor surgery is included within the service portfolio of the National Health System (SNS). CMA units handle technically more complex procedures, increasing the resolution capacity of Primary Care and ensuring patient safety, effectiveness, and quality of care through standardized and evidence-based procedures.
