The San Juan de Dios Hospital in Tenerife will have a comprehensive oncology unit in collaboration with Mercurius Health.
The centre of the Hospitaller Order, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary in Tenerife, has signed an agreement with Mercurius Health, a leading company in oncological solutions, which will lead and operate the service.
The comprehensive oncology unit will include medical oncology, radiotherapy, multi-specialty consultations, advanced radiodiagnosis and nuclear medicine.
Tenerife, 25 June 2024. The San Juan de Dios Hospital in Tenerife, which this year is celebrating its 75th anniversary on the island, has signed an agreement with Mercurius Health, a European leader in specialised medical oncology services, to incorporate a comprehensive oncology unit with the most advanced technology and state-of-the-art equipment for oncology treatment.
The San Juan de Dios Hospital is in the process of transforming and expanding its healthcare services to meet the needs and demands of the people of Tenerife and has therefore designed new facilities within the hospital complex to incorporate this new service.
Thanks to the alliance with Mercurius Health, this radiotherapy oncology and nuclear medicine service will have a state-of-the-art linear accelerator capable of offering patients the most advanced treatment techniques. It will also be the first private centre in Tenerife to have a PET CT scanner, which will have an impact on the early diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of cancer patients. It will also have brachytherapy, a very important radiotherapy treatment for certain types of tumours such as prostate cancer.
The managing director of San Juan de Dios in Tenerife, José Carlos del Castillo, explained that “the opening of this new facility will offer the population of the province of San Juan de Dios in Tenerife a healthcare resource of the highest scientific and technical quality, with personalised attention, focused on providing a global response to the healthcare needs of people with oncological diseases. This will combine the most advanced health technology in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, with the humanistic vision of an organisation with almost 500 years of history in general and with 75 years of experience on the island of Tenerife”. John Allen, CEO of Mercurius Health, underlined that this agreement “is in line with our strategy to collaborate with leading hospitals and cancer centres, providing medical services with the most advanced technology and state-of-the-art equipment.”
About San Juan de Dios Tenerife
For 75 years, the Hospitaller Order of San Juan de Dios has been carrying out an intense social and welfare work on the island of Tenerife, based on the individual being cared for as the centre of interest and promoting sick or vulnerable people in all areas, always taking their dignity into account. We currently have a medical-surgical hospital and a disability area for adults with intellectual deficits and behavioural disorders.
The hospital is equipped with 127 beds, 5 operating theatres for major surgery and one outpatient operating theatre, ICU, emergency room, outpatients, rehabilitation, conventional radiology, interventional vascular radiology, high-resolution ultrasound, 1.5 tesla MRI, haemodynamics, laboratory, pathological anatomy. It also works hand in hand with a staff of more than 350 multidisciplinary professionals in medicine, nursing, spiritual and religious care.
About Mercurius Health
Mercurius Health is Europe’s leading provider of B2B services to hospitals and cancer centers specialising in radiotherapy, nuclear medicine and radiology. Founded in 1998 in Portugal and following a complete overhaul in 2020 by a new leadership and management team, Mercurius Health’s business focuses on providing a wide range of services, including turnkey solutions, advisory services, technical cooperation, remote planning, training, outsourced management and equipment and project financing. The company employs more than 250 technical and clinical specialists (physicians, radiophysicists, dosimetrists, technicians, nurses) and operates throughout Europe, with a major presence in Spain, Portugal, Germany and the UK. Visit https://mercuriushealth.com/
For further information, please contact:
Linda Hanoun| Linda.hanoun@sjd.es| 671.71.13.48| Hospital San Juan de Dios Tenerife
Laura Terzagui, Director of Marketing and Communications – +34 650 446 543 laura.terzagui@mercuriushealth.com
Image 1: Signing of the agreement between José Carlos del Castillo, managing director HSJD Tenerife and John Allen CEO Mercurius Health.
Image 2: From left to right, Diego Baranda, head of business development Mercurius Health; José Francisco Garaeta, administrative director HSJDT, John Allen CEO Mercurius Health, José Carlos del Castillo, managing director HSJDT, Lowe Sporre, director of corporate development Mercurius Health
