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The Minister of Family and Equal Opportunities, Violante Thomas, yesterday presided over by the mayor of Santomera, Inma Sánchez Roca, the official opening ceremony of the home for the elderly, which was attended by over a hundred people, including other members of the regional and municipal governments.

In addition to attending the traditional unveiling of the plaque, the present could participate in a guided tour of the facilities and ended up sharing a Spanish wine.

The residence opened its doors on June 6, after a construction process that has lasted nearly twenty years, and has 114 permanent seats and other twenty stays in service day stays.

Currently already has 25 residents, in addition to two users at the day center.

"These are very positive figures," he said during the ceremony Aquilino Miralles, CEO of Sergesa, the company that assumed the completion of the project in exchange for power exploit it for the next forty years.

However, both he and the mayor of Santomera took advantage of the presence of the Minister of Family to insist on the need for the Autonomous Community to sign a concert seats as soon as possible.

"I hope that very soon a reality and meets the fourth pillar of the welfare state is the Law Unit", he claimed the santomerana councilwoman.

"Our intention is to make this concert seats in municipalities where there is, as in the case of Santomera. We understand it is something important to give back to our older part of what we owe them," said the minister.

Questioned by the media, he ventured to advance a deadline: "We want to make this year," he added.

According to the mayor, "only then can be fulfilled the desire of Manuel Campillo Sanchez", who in 1936 tested the donation of its assets including the historic palace Casa Grande and known as the Garden of Joy, on which today up residence for the establishment of a workhouse.

In recognition of the generosity of this santomerano, the Corporation decided unanimously to baptize with his name the residence and call the main hall of the building and Encarna Sánchez Fernández, neighbor from 1995 until his death two years ago, prompted a commission to defend the last will of Manuel Campillo and thus, the construction of the nursing home.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Santomera