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The increase in surgeries in Lleida does not slow down waits of 125 days for a first specialized consultation
20+ hour, 9+ min ago (422+ words) Josep Maria Serra, vice-president of Metges de Catalunya, presented a report based on official data from the Departament de Salut which sets the average waiting time for a first consultation in Ophthalmology and Traumatology at 125 days in December. The reference…...
Doctors curb the 3, 000 annual overtime hours that sustained healthcare in Catalonia
20+ hour, 25+ min ago (408+ words) Metges de Catalunya has activated this Monday the campaign "Not one more minute" so that physicians stop performing care activities outside their ordinary and mandatory working hours. The measure has already been seconded by 50 services in 20 public and subsidized hospitals,…...
The first specialist visit exceeds 100 days of waiting in Camp de Tarragona
21+ hour, 27+ min ago (432+ words) Patients in Camp de Tarragona waited an average of more than 100 days for a first specialist visit in 2025, and in the most serious cases, the waiting times reached between 150 and 200 days. The data comes from an analysis by Metges de…...
Self-extraction of blood at home challenges the traditional needle in Roquetes
21+ hour, 59+ min ago (395+ words) The Roquetes CAP has launched the European COMFORT project to study whether blood microsampling can become a less invasive alternative to conventional venipuncture. The research will also be carried out at the Sant Mart" de Proven'als CAP in Barcelona and…...
Shared circuits seek to prevent scattered attention from re-victimizing homeless people in L'Hospitalet
21+ hour, 44+ min ago (376+ words) L'Hospitalet de Llobregat presented the Local Plan for Addressing Homelessness in the auditorium of La Florida 6. 0, within the Territorial Metropolitan Mental Health Integration Plan, with the participation of health, psychology, and social services professionals. The main tension addressed by the…...
Diagnostic failures in Pamplona reduced the soldier's survival chances by 80%
23+ hour, 14+ min ago (331+ words) Court 5 of the Civil and Instruction Section of the Court of First Instance of Getxo has ordered Occident GCO, SAU de Seguros y Reaseguros to pay compensation for the death of Corporal Francisco P'rez Ben'tez, the 35-year-old soldier who died…...
The Trueta opens in Girona a space that absorbs 26, 658 annual oncological treatments
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (329+ words) The new oncohematological day hospital of the Institut Catal" d'Oncologia at the Doctor Josep Trueta University Hospital in Girona will become operational on Monday as a reference center for more than 800, 000 inhabitants of the Girona Health Region and for most…...
The "15, 000 benefit for ALS starts in Catalonia despite criticism for the slowness of distribution
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (482+ words) The Department of Social Rights and Inclusion began this week to pay the benefit for people with ALS in Catalonia, with two initial beneficiaries who have already received the payment and 105 people recognized with grade III+. The aid can reach…...
The emergence of new drugs does not slow down neurorehabilitation in Lleida after 25 years
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (490+ words) The neurorehabilitation service of the Fundaci" Esclerosi M'ltiple de Catalunya in Lleida will celebrate its 25th anniversary on May 30, the same date on which World Multiple Sclerosis Day is commemorated. The center, located on the second floor of the CAP Onze…...
Pollution hits Castell-Cap Roig without any administration investigating the collapse of the treatment plant for 5 municipalities
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (318+ words) SOS Costa Brava has filed two administrative complaints regarding episodes of pollution detected in the Castell-Cap Roig area, in Baix Empord, and has requested that the administrations investigate both the origin of the discharges and their environmental impact. The environmental…...