Darro Health Center Closed After Squatters
- Vox candidate Beatriz Sánchez Agustino said April 28 that Darro’s health center is “occupied” and patients are being seen at town hall. - The dispute centers on a municipal building where leaks from an occupied upper floor have repeatedly shut the Darro clinic since October 2024. - The clinic had reopened on April 29, 2025 after an environmental clearance, underscoring a cycle of closures and repairs. (europapress.es)
Vox’s Granada candidate, Beatriz Sánchez Agustino, said on April 28 that Darro’s health center is “occupied” and that residents are being treated at the town hall. (granadahoy.com) Sánchez Agustino made the statement outside the Andalusian regional health delegation and blamed both Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist party and Andalusian premier Juanma Moreno’s Popular Party for failing to remove the occupants. (granadahoy.com) The current political row sits on top of a longer local problem. Darro’s clinic has been shut multiple times because water leaks from the occupied upper floor of the same municipal building damaged the medical space below. (europapress.es 1) (europapress.es 2) When the clinic closed in October 2024, patients from Darro were redirected to Purullena, about 12 kilometers away, while repairs were carried out. (granadahoy.com) (europapress.es) The clinic reopened on October 21, 2024 after roof and leak repairs, but the shutdowns did not end. In December 2024, Andalusia’s health delegation said it would stay closed until “total safety” for staff and patients could be guaranteed. (europapress.es 1) (europapress.es 2) By March 3, 2025, the center had closed again because of new humidity problems, and health authorities were studying a provisional move within Darro while consultations shifted back to Purullena. (europapress.es) On April 29, 2025, Europa Press reported that the center reopened after a favorable environmental quality report, another step in a stop-start cycle of closures, repairs and temporary relocations. (europapress.es) The problem resurfaced again in November 2025, when the consultorio was set to reopen after plumbing work and the hiring of a new security service to address damage linked to the occupying family. (europapress.es) Union complaints added another layer. UGT Granada said in April 2025 that the building remained occupied and deteriorating, despite earlier commitments by the mayor and the regional health service to guarantee safe conditions. (granadahoy.com) What happened on April 28, 2026 was not a first closure but a new political escalation around a clinic that has repeatedly opened, shut and moved care elsewhere. Darro’s residents are still caught between an occupied public building and a health service that keeps shifting location. (granadahoy.com) (europapress.es)
