Diseño de un centro de salud ambulatoria para el Distrito de Quitumbe

Abstract

Health is considered a fundamental topic in a country’s developmental planning for it is indispensable for sake of the development of population and its economy. This is why this study has been targeted towards finding best solutions to relevant issues to health problems. As stated in the Ecuadorian constitution, health is an undeniable right granted to every citizen living in Ecuador, which makes it so crucial to prioritize in creating improvement and investment proposals aimed towards finding solutions that will best benefit the population. The importance in role and complexity in the national health system operation stress the unquestionable need for thorough studies aimed to identify existing problems in various types of health facilities, type of services offered, and moreover how each module integrates. Likewise, there was great need of executing researches that will reflect society’s conception of the health system, and an analysis of qualities and needs of our society regarding health issues. Based upon researches mentioned above, it was concluded that the district 17D007/Quitumbe of the Metropolitan District of Quito was in great need of intervention. The field to intervene was selected based upon various studies and respecting guidelines stated by the Zonal planning and Quitumbe Administration. Issues such as accessibility, compatibility and equipment centralization were taken into account. With these topics defined, the proposal of the study started which took into consideration the architecture of a functional ambulatory medical program. This was concluded based on local necessities which lacked health facilities and equipment around the area. An architectural object was obtained through the study of references and conceptualization of the form, destined for the development of various medical units, solving problems, easing higher and complex levels of care and improving the quality of life of the people of the district of Quitumbe.