The regional health department has opened a tender to build two prefabricated modular buildings to expand services at Torrevieja University Hospital. The new structures will support the growing demand for Rehabilitation and Outpatient care, which has increased sharply in recent years. Both buildings will be assembled off site and installed on a green area beside the hospital’s west wing.

Together, the units will cover around 750 square metres, with roughly 350 dedicated to Rehabilitation and nearly 400 to new Outpatient consulting rooms. The tender sets a budget of 1.147 million euros for the Rehabilitation module and 1.308 million euros for the Outpatient facility, including VAT. A further 150,000 euros is allocated for project supervision. Once the contract is awarded, construction and installation are expected to take three and a half months.

The expanded Rehabilitation area will include waiting and reception zones, consulting rooms, staff facilities, a gymnasium, patient changing areas and additional treatment spaces. The hospital currently manages about 250,000 outpatient appointments a year, a rise of 12.5 percent in just two years, driven largely by population growth and increasing demand from retired foreign residents.

Health officials say the investment is necessary due to pressure on existing facilities, which are struggling to meet demand. The hospital serves a protected population of nearly 230,000 people, more than double its original design capacity. Local authorities and residents continue to call for broader expansion or a second hospital, citing ongoing delays in specialist consultations, surgery and emergency care.