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The Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal is a public general hospital located in the Valverde neighborhood, in Madrid, Spain, part of the hospital network of the Servicio Madrileño de Salud.
| Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | M-607, km 9, 28034, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain |
| Coordinates | 40°29′14″N 3°41′38″W / 40.487208°N 3.693883°W |
| Organisation | |
| Affiliated university | University of Alcalá |
| Network | Servicio Madrileño de Salud |
| Services | |
| Beds | 901 |
| History | |
| Opened | 18 October 1977 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Spain |
It is one of the healthcare institutions associated to the University of Alcalá for the purpose of clinical internship.[1]
History edit
Named after Santiago Ramón y Cajal,[2] it was opened on 18 October 1977, receiving the nickname of (el) piramidón.[2] It was criticised back then because of its location, cost and size.[2]
It developed the first service in Spain for pediatric cardiology (1977) and the first unit of cardiac rehabilitation (1979).[3] Aside from the teaching and medical attention features, it is noted by its research prowess[2][4] (the first in the region in scientific research production),[3] particularly in the scope of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.[2] As of 2017 it has 901 beds.[5] At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemia in Madrid, in March and April 2020, the hospital had 994 beds occupied by patients of COVID-19.[6]
References edit
- ^ "La Universidad de Alcalá y el Hospital de Alcalá forman parte de Biomad". La Luna de Alcalá. 25 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Escandón, Pelayo (23 October 2017). "40 años del 'Piramidón'". El País.
- ^ a b "El Ramón y Cajal es el primer hospital de la región de Madrid en producción científica". El Correo. 18 October 2017.
- ^ Tovar, Javier (19 October 2017). "Hospital Ramón y Cajal: 40 años "Haciendo historia"". efesalud.com. Agencia EFE.
- ^ González, Marco (20 December 2018). "El Hospital Gregorio Marañón pierde en seis años un 20% de sus camas". El Boletín.
- ^ Alfageme, Ana (6 June 2020). "Crisis del coronavuris: Agonía y resurreción del doctor Moreno". El Pais.
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