Medical care in Santander

[sjdaotearoa]

Buenos días peregrinos. We are making our way to Santander this morning and one of our group needs some medical care. Are there any urgent cares clinics? Or any other suggestions please? Buen camino.

 

[Tincatinker]

See attached:

 

[sjdaotearoa]

Gracias Tinkatinker

 

[SFHoneybee]

See attached:

That’s a very comprehensive list— does Ivar/we have an appendix here that includes this information?
I’m doing the Sarria to Santiago— do you have similar information for this Route?
Thank you.

 

[K_Lynn]

That’s a very comprehensive list— does Ivar/we have an appendix here that includes this information?
I’m doing the Sarria to Santiago— do you have similar information for this Route?
Thank you.

If all else fails Google is your best friend!

 

[Tincatinker]

Found on the internet in about the time it took to type “centro de Salud Santander”. I’ve no doubt that a similar search for any nominal urban area in Spain would produce similar results. The major hospitals in Galicia are in Lugo, Ourense and Santiago as I recall. There’s probably others but if you’re in need of their services you’ll likely get taken there by ambulance. The local Centros can and will deal with most Pilgrim afflictions

 

[SFHoneybee]

Found on the internet in about the time it took to type “centro de Salud Santander”. I’ve no doubt that a similar search for any nominal urban area in Spain would produce similar results. The major hospitals in Galicia are in Lugo, Ourense and Santiago as I recall. There’s probably others but if you’re in need of their services you’ll likely get taken there by ambulance. The local Centros can and will deal with most Pilgrim afflictions

That’s good local experience in action.

If all else fails Google is your best friend!

Agreed—Google is ridiculously amazing— but also a massive data dump…
@Tincatinker had a complete Handy List.
If we did have a Resource Area of basic Camino information as the last Pilgrim requested—it would be convenient. Why RE-invent the Wheel?

 

[Tincatinker]

That’s good local experience in action.

Agreed—Google is ridiculously amazing— but also a massive data dump…
@Tincatinker had a complete Handy List.
If we did have a Resource Area of basic Camino information as the last Pilgrim requested—it would be convenient. Why RE-invent the Wheel?

Mainly because we have no means of maintaining and updating such a resource. Unless someone reperformed the original research on, say, a weekly basis to check for changes. Googles little bots are all over the internet 24/7/365.

For most of us it is a matter of formulating an appropriate search term - a search for “medical emergency Santander” will lead you down a thousand rabbit holes. Searching for what you actually want to find and taking note of source and date of posting will deliver better results. I posted the pdf because it seemed to likely be of more ready use to the OP than a link to the Santander areas Health Authority or links to the various separate service providers

 

[sjdaotearoa]

See attached:

Update: Tourist Información in the town centre rang one of the health centres under the green tab (Mon -Fri) on the list. They said pilgrims should go directly to the hospital as the health centres were for people who lived here. So that’s what we did. There for 2-3 hrs. All good.

 

[SFHoneybee]

Mainly because we have no means of maintaining and updating such a resource. Unless someone reperformed the original research on, say, a weekly basis to check for changes. Googles little bots are all over the internet 24/7/365.

For most of us it is a matter of formulating an appropriate search term - a search for “medical emergency Santander” will lead you down a thousand rabbit holes. Searching for what you actually want to find and taking note of source and date of posting will deliver better results. I posted the pdf because it seemed to likely be of more ready use to the OP than a link to the Santander areas Health Authority or links to the various separate service providers

I’m sure that was super helpful for them, especially when they are under additional stress/pressure of a medical situation

 

[SFHoneybee]

Update: Tourist Información in the town centre rang one of the health centres under the green tab (Mon -Fri) on the list. They said pilgrims should go directly to the hospital as the health centres were for people who lived here. So that’s what we did. There for 2-3 hrs. All good.

Thank you for the feedback -
Since the Health Centres are probably more in numbers..
I can see easily walking into a Health Centre myself-and possibly losing crucial time in a medical situation — and then being more confused by a language barrier- I’ve minimal Spanish- but probably not medical technology—potentially making a minor medical situation more urgent