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Health Ministry demands Madrid Region clarify if it is manipulating hospital waiting lists

Minister Mónica García requests "control and supervision" from the Madrid regional government after the change in priority of patients waiting for operations at Ramón y Cajal hospital.

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Health Ministry demands Madrid Region clarify if it is manipulating hospital waiting lists

The Spanish Ministry of Health has written to the Community of Madrid to request clarification on whether altering patient priority on waiting lists, as reported at Hospital Ramón y Cajal by EL PAÍS, is a widespread practice in the region's public healthcare system.

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