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Infrastructure[edit]
Healthcare[edit]
The public healthcare system is served and managed by the Basque healthcare system (Osakidetza), which has a network of medican centres established across the city. The most relevant hospital of the city is the Basurto Hospital, located in the Basurto-Zorroza district. It was opened in 1908 after ten years of construction, and it was built due to the fast increase of population in the late 19th century. Its design was based on the Eppendorf Hospital of Hamburg, in Germany, one of the most modern at the time.[1] In 2008 the hospital was named the best hospital in customer support in Spain.[2]
However, the two largest hospitals that provide healthcare services to the inhabitants of the city are located outside of the city limits: the University Hospital of Gurutzeta/Cruces in neighboring Barakaldo and the Galdakao-Usansolo Hospital in Galdakao. Other minor public hospitals located in the city include the Santa Marina Hospital and the Hospital of Urduliz, located in the metropolitan area.
Utilities[edit]
The headerquarters of Iberdrola, a multinational electric utility company are located in Bilbao. The company was created in 1992 after the merging of Iberduero and Hidroeléctrica Española and it is in charge of production and distribution of electricity. There are two thermal power stations located in the city's surroundings, one in Santurtzi and the other in Zierbena. The electricity produced in both these stations is then transfered to the electrical substation of Güeñes by the company Red Eléctrica de España, which is the company responsible of moving electricity from the production stations to the final consumers. There is a combined cycle power station in the municipality of Amorebieta called Bizkaia Energia, whose energy is transfered to the substation of Gatika.
The supply of all oil-based fuels distributed in the whole metropolitan area (gasoline, diesel fuel and butane) are produced in the oil refinery owned by Petronor in the municipalities of Muskiz and Abanto Zierbena. Petronor is a large oil company founded in Bilbao in 1968 and it is currently comprised of two partners, Repsol (85.98%) and Kutxabank (14,02%).
Supply of drinking water is managed by the Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia (Bilbao Bizkaia Water Consortium), a public entity wuth the responsability of managing the water infrastructure and distribution to many Biscayan municipalities, Bilbao and its metropolitan area included.[3] The supply of drinking water for the city comes from the Uribarri-Ganboa and Urrunaga reservoirs, which are fed by the river Zadorra.
Public safety[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ González, Carlos. "A Hundred Years of the Basurto Hospital". El Correo Digital. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
- ^ "Basurto wins the award of best hospital in customer care". Deia. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia". Consorcio de Aguas. Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia. n.d. Retrieved 16 September 2018.