The unit is for patients requiring rapid stabilisation, with stays of less than 72 hours
The Regional Minister of Health, Manuela García, has visited the new Short Stay Unit (UCE) at the Hospital Comarcal de Inca. It is an area located next to the Emergency Department, designed to accommodate patients who require rapid stabilisation, with stays of less than 72 hours.
Accompanied by the manager of the Hospital de Inca, Xisco Ferrer, the management team and the heads of the Emergency Department, the councillor toured the facilities of the new SSU, which has six hospital beds located in three separate compartments. The Inca Short Stay Unit will be operational 24 hours a day and will work in three shifts. Each shift will have a full team consisting of a doctor, a nurse, a TCAE and an orderly.
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The Regional Minister of Health visits the new Short Stay Unit at Inca Hospital
For the implementation of the ECU, the Hospital has hired five doctors, who will work both in the Emergency Department and in the new Unit.
To set up the SSU, the Hospital has hired five doctors, who will work both in the Emergency Department and in the new Unit.
The objectives of the UCE of the Hospital Comarcal de Inca range from improving the availability of beds in the Emergency Department to reducing the pressure on other hospital services, such as surgical and medical services.
The SSU can treat any type of urgent illness (urological, digestive, cardiac problems, etc.) that meets the admission criteria, i.e. a foreseeable average stay of less than 72 hours, and that do not require complex complementary tests.
With the implementation of the UCE, the Hospital Comarcal de Inca aims to reduce the average length of hospital stay without affecting clinical safety, quality of care or patient satisfaction.