The Delegate of the Government in Melilla, Sabrina Moh, has described as a “milestone” the completion of the health transfer to the University Hospital of Melilla, coinciding with the implementation, from today at 8 a.m., of the Emergency Service in the new hospital center.

In an interview given to COPE Melilla, the head of the Government Delegation recalled that this moment is the result of “intense months with regard to the transfer and difficult but exciting years”, stressing that it is a project long awaited by the city. “I still remember seven and a half years ago when we entered the government and began taking those first steps to start a work that had been paralyzed for seven years,” he said.

The Delegate stressed that in this year 2025 it has been possible to “see finalized and complete this project so important for the city of Melilla”, recalling that the University Hospital was inaugurated on June 2 with the progressive implementation of external consultations and different services. In this sense, he has insisted that “an infrastructure of this nature cannot start from zero to one hundred from one day to the next, but carries a process of transfer in a progressive and gradual way”.

Thanks to the staff and planning for the transfer

Sabrina Moh has highlighted the role of health personnel in this historic process for the city and wanted to expressly thank all those involved in this process. “I really want to thank all the people who during these seven and a half years have collaborated and have opted for an infrastructure that belongs to everyone and for everyone,” he said, placing the emphasis on “the INGESA staff who are working hard so that today this transfer phase can be concluded.”

The highest representative of the Government of Spain in the city explained that the transfer of patients has been designed in an “orderly, organized and perfectly controlled” way, remembering that “different simulations have been made so that everything goes well” and that the device planned for this day has duplicated staff both in the Regional Hospital and in the University Hospital. “The most critical patients will be accompanied by healthcare staff in case of any complications,” he said.

He also said that, after the transfer of the emergency room and hospitalization, “only the dialysis part would remain, which would not be transferred today, but which would be done throughout this week.”

A hospital seven times bigger and with cutting-edge technology

During the interview, Moh stressed the magnitude of the new hospital center, remembering that it is “an infrastructure seven times greater than the Regional Hospital.” He pointed out that both citizens and professionals who have already been able to know the center “notice a lot of change” and perceive “the dimensions of that infrastructure”, which has meant an added effort of adaptation and training.

“Many of the areas have had to be formed; we talk about a state-of-the-art device that requires training for its implementation and use,” he said, reiterating his gratitude to all the professionals involved in this process.