Abiego Health Centre

What this centre is

The Abiego health centre is the health centre of the basic health zone to which Alquézar belongs, within the Barbastro health sector of the Aragonese Health Service. The zone brings together five municipalities and eleven settlements of the Somontano and the Sierra de Guara, among them Abiego, Alquézar, Radiquero, Adahuesca, Colungo, Bierge and Rodellar. Its phone number is 974 317 212.

According to the centre's own community agenda, the morning team consists of three doctors, two nurses and one administrator, and outside those hours there is continuous care with doctors and nurses on call. The centre acknowledges that, because of tourism, it receives many patients from elsewhere, and has published a leaflet with the hours, phone numbers and location of the area's local clinics. Ask for it at the Alquézar tourist office.

In Alquézar itself

For something minor it is not always necessary to go to Abiego. Alquézar has a local medical clinic, at Calle Pedro Arnal Cavero, 1, phone 974 318 207, and a pharmacy, on Plaza Rafael Ayerbe (974 317 235). The clinic's hours are not published on the municipal tourism website: call first or ask at the pharmacy or the Abiego centre. If you are on holiday, bring your health card; if you come from another European Union country, the European Health Insurance Card.

Emergencies in the sierra and the canyons

Alquézar is the gateway to the Río Vero canyon and the Sierra de Guara, with activities such as the Vero walkways or canyoning in the lower Vero. In the event of an accident, a fall or a person lost in the mountains or in a canyon, do not call the health centre: call 112, the SOS Aragón number, which coordinates rescues and urgent assistance. Say where you are as precisely as possible.

The Alquézar tourism website also gives the number of the Guardia Civil post at Angüés, 974 260 044, and 062.

Tips so you do not need it

In summer, the heat bears down in the canyon and on the sierra paths at midday: bring water, a cap and footwear with a sole that grips, especially if you go down to the walkways or the banks of the Vero. Canyons only with a guide, unless you have experience and equipment. If you are going to do adventure activities, ask the company what insurance it includes.

Getting to Abiego

Abiego is west of Alquézar, about 15 minutes by car along the A-1229 road. If someone is unwell and can travel, call the centre first so they can tell you whether you will be seen there or at the Alquézar clinic.