The department of health of the Castile and Leon government has awarded FCC the €166 million contract to build the new Salamanca hospital.

The new building will be located on the site currently occupied by the city's general and maternity hospital. Removals, demolition and new building will be carried out in phases to provide a modern and much larger complex - the current 90,000 m2 of buildings will be increase to almost 200,000 m2.