Editing Bilbao (section)

== Infrastructure ==

=== Healthcare ===
[[File:Bilbao - Hospital Universitario de Basurto 10 edited.jpg|thumb|right|University Hospital of Basurto]]
The public healthcare system is served and managed by the Basque healthcare system (''[[Osakidetza]]''), which has a network of medical centres established across the city. The most relevant hospital of the city is the Basurto Hospital, located in the [[Basurto-Zorroza]] district. It was opened in 1908 after ten years of construction, and it was built due to the fast increase of population in the late 19th century. Its design was based on the [[University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf|Eppendorf Hospital]] of [[Hamburg]], in (Germany), one of the most modern at the time.<ref>{{cite news |last=González |first=Carlos |title=A Hundred Years of the Basurto Hospital |url=http://servicios.elcorreodigital.com/aniversario/hospital-basurto/historia.html |work=El Correo Digital |access-date=2 December 2008 |archive-date=26 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226060251/http://servicios.elcorreodigital.com/aniversario/hospital-basurto/historia.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2008 the hospital was named the best hospital in customer support in Spain.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Basurto wins the award of best hospital in customer care |url=http://www.deia.com/es/digital/bizkaia/2008/11/11/514635.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124075612/http://www.deia.com/es/digital/bizkaia/2008/11/11/514635.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 January 2009|work=Deia|date=11 November 2008 |access-date=9 September 2018}}</ref>

However, the two largest hospitals that provide healthcare services to the inhabitants of the city are located outside of the city limits: the University Hospital of Gurutzeta/Cruces in neighbouring [[Barakaldo]] and the Galdakao-Usansolo Hospital in [[Galdakao]]. Other minor public hospitals located in the city include the Santa Marina Hospital and the Hospital of Urduliz, located in the metropolitan area.

=== Utilities ===
[[File:Petroleo birfindegia eta Muskiz.JPG|thumb|right|upright=0.9|Oil refinery in Muskiz]]
The headquarters of ''[[Iberdrola]]'', a [[multinational corporation|multinational]] [[electric utility]] company are located in Bilbao. The company was created in 1992 after the merging of ''[[Iberduero]]'' and ''Hidroeléctrica Española'' and it is in charge of production and distribution of electricity. There are two [[thermal power station]]s located in the city's surroundings, one in [[Santurtzi]] and the other in [[Zierbena]]. The electricity produced in both these stations is then transferred to the [[electrical substation]] of [[Güeñes]] by the company ''[[Red Eléctrica de España]]'', which is the company responsible of moving electricity from the production stations to the final consumers. There is a [[combined cycle]] power station in the municipality of [[Amorebieta-Etxano|Amorebieta]] called ''Bizkaia Energia'', whose energy is transferred to the substation of [[Gatika]].

The supply of all oil-based fuels distributed in the whole metropolitan area (gasoline, [[diesel fuel]] and [[butane]]) are produced in the [[oil refinery]] owned by ''[[Petronor]]'' in the municipalities of [[Muskiz]] and [[Abanto y Ciérbana-Abanto Zierbena|Abanto Zierbena]]. ''Petronor'' is a large oil company founded in Bilbao in 1968 and it currently comprises two partners, [[Repsol]] (85.98%) and [[Kutxabank]] (14.02%).

Supply of [[drinking water]] is managed by the ''Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia'' (Bilbao Bizkaia Water Consortium), a public entity with the responsibility of managing the water infrastructure and distribution to many Biscayan municipalities, Bilbao and its metropolitan area included.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.consorciodeaguas.eus/Web/QuienesSomos/competencias.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120021832/http://www.consorciodeaguas.eus/Web/QuienesSomos/competencias.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-11-20 |title=Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=Consorcio de Aguas |publisher=Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia |access-date=16 September 2018 }}</ref> The supply of drinking water for the city comes from the [[Reservoir of Ullíbarri-Gamboa|Uribarri-Ganboa]] and Urrunaga reservoirs, which are fed by the river [[Zadorra]].
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