Overview
- Mayor Jorge Macri and Health Minister Fernán Quirós inaugurated the Centro de Diagnóstico Porteño at Galván 3463 in Villa Urquiza, offering specialized, non‑emergency studies on weekdays from 8:00 to 16:00.
- Under the Prioridad Porteña policy, city residents receive preferential access and foreign patients are billed, a system the government says recovers about 17 billion pesos per month for reinvestment.
- The two‑story facility provides imaging for mammography, X‑rays, ultrasounds and panoramic dentistry, plus a laboratory, pharmacy, tocoginecology consults, medical specialties, sterilization areas and a large waiting room.
- The complex includes a SAME base and a Day Center and is designed to serve more than 500,000 neighbors in nearby northern barrios.
- The site is the third Diagnostic Center in the city’s three‑tier network alongside La Paternal and Barracas, with referrals from 50 CeSAC primary care clinics and hospitals reserved for emergencies and complex care, set against ongoing political friction over provincial demand and, separately, a reinforced security agenda with new ISSP cohorts and a 15.4% budget allocation for public safety.