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The Heads of Service of Ramón Y Cajal Hospital Justify Changing the Priority on Waiting Lists when "It Does Not Conform to Clinical Criteria"

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Those responsible for surgical services and anesthesiology issue a statement explaining that their "obligation" is to "revise and, if necessary, modify this classification with the aim of guaranteeing fairness and avoiding harm to all patients"The perverse incentives of Madrid's health care to "make up" waiting lists: "This puts the hair on top" The heads of the surgical and anesthesiology services of the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital have r…

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The paper argues that heads of service have the power to change the priority of patients, but does not pronounce on whether it is right to do so without consulting surgeons.

·Madrid, Spain
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Those responsible for surgical services and anesthesiology issue a statement explaining that their "obligation" is to "revise and, if necessary, modify this classification with the aim of guaranteeing fairness and avoiding harm to all patients"The perverse incentives of Madrid's health care to "make up" waiting lists: "This puts the hair on top" The heads of the surgical and anesthesiology services of the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital have r…

·Madrid, Spain
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Those responsible for surgical and anesthesiology services come out in defense of Dr. Basilio de la Torre, head of the Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Service. [...]

·Madrid, Spain
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The heads of the surgical services and of the Anesthesiology Service of the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital have issued a joint communiqué, dated September 23, 2026, to... The entry The heads of the Surgical and Anesthesiology Services of the Ramón y Cajal Hospital defend the clinical management of waiting lists was first published in Gazetín Madrid.

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Gacetín Madrid broke the news on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
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