Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
Geography
LocationM-607, km 9, 28034, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Coordinates40°29′14″N 3°41′38″W / 40.487208°N 3.693883°W / 40.487208; -3.693883
Organisation
Affiliated universityUniversity of Alcalá
NetworkServicio Madrileño de Salud
Services
Beds901
History
Opened18 October 1977
Links
ListsHospitals in Spain

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.

It is one of the healthcare institutions associated to the University of Alcalá for the purpose of clinical internship.[1]

History

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

  1. ↑ "La Universidad de Alcalá y el Hospital de Alcalá forman parte de Biomad". La Luna de Alcalá. 25 February 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Escandón, Pelayo (23 October 2017). "40 años del 'Piramidón'". El País.
  3. 1 2 "El Ramón y Cajal es el primer hospital de la región de Madrid en producción científica". El Correo. 18 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Tovar, Javier (19 October 2017). "Hospital Ramón y Cajal: 40 años "Haciendo historia"". efesalud.com. Agencia EFE.
  5. ↑ González, Marco (20 December 2018). "El Hospital Gregorio Marañón pierde en seis años un 20% de sus camas". El Boletín.
  6. ↑ Alfageme, Ana (6 June 2020). "Crisis del coronavuris: Agonía y resurreción del doctor Moreno". El Pais.
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