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Site visit and signing of the agreement with the French state for the construction of the Cerdanya Hospital, the first cross-border hospital in Europe.

Date
2010
Archive
County Archive of Cerdanya
Document type
Imatge fixa
Reference code
CAT-ACCE-251-10000
Link to the online document
Description

The President of the Generalitat, José Montilla, and the French Minister of Health, Roselyne Bachelot, sign the agreement and the statutes of the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (AECT), a legal body that allows agreements to be reached between European states and regions and that offers legal cover for the construction of the Hospital de la Cerdanya, the first cross-border hospital in Europe. The event was also attended by the Minister of Health, Trinidad Jiménez and the Minister of Health, Marina Geli, and the local authorities.
The event took place in front of the works of the future Hospital de la Cerdanya, located in Puigcerdà, very few meters from the border with France.