In the last decade, it has ranked first in Global Donation and Asystole and is among the 20 most esteemed hospitals in Spain in 2024
The Clinical Hospital of the University of Virgen in Arrixaca in Mercia is celebrating 50 years since its anniversary as one of the best hospitals in Spain. «Proud of the future that awaits us» is the chosen motto to recognize and strengthen the commitment of this institution to «quality public health,» where «history, commitment, and fundamental values are highlighted,» according to Ministry of Health press sources.
It is a healthcare center that serves 270,000 people, with a maternal and child hospital covering almost half a million patients, and is also a reference hospital for over one and a half million citizens in various diseases and research techniques, paying tribute this year to its history and the more than 6,000 professionals.
The hospital management conceived a series of documents to commemorate this event, with the opening ceremony taking place on January 31 with the presentation of the prepared program, presided over by the President of the Regional Government, Fernando López Miras.
It should be noted that Arrixaca is one of the most esteemed hospitals in the National Health System, even among the 20 most esteemed hospitals in Spain in 2024, according to the health reputation monitor (‘
Furthermore, the hospital leads in transplants nationally; it is the healthcare center with the highest number of births in the country; and it is the European reference center for skeletal dysplasia and heart disease.
It is also the National Reference Center for multiple sclerosis and congenital metabolic diseases, as well as pediatric orthopedics, in addition to being included in the top 15 most esteemed public health services in various specialties, such as nuclear medicine, anesthesiology and resuscitation, general surgery, and digestive system.
For over 10 years, the autonomous community of Murcia has been at the forefront in Spain in rates per million population for solid organ donation. Additionally, in the last decade, the Clinical Hospital of the University of Virgen in Arrixaca ranked first in both global donation and Asystole.
It is expected that the city of Murcia will award the hospital the city’s gold medal for half a century, in the year the city commemorates 1,200 years since its foundation. This program of prepared events extends until May 12, the day when, 50 years ago, this reference facility was launched in the regional health field.
The scheduled activities include scientific days featuring key figures like Margarita del Val, Santiago Moreno, Rafael Matesanz, or Beatriz Domínguez, a retrospective photographic exhibition of these 50 years of hospital history.
Additionally, to mark this milestone, the foundation will issue a tribute coupon on March 22, a commemorative postcard, and a tenth of the National Lottery, all to honor the anniversary of this healthcare center.
The documents will culminate on May 12 with a concert featuring tenor José Manuel Zapata and the Symphony Orchestra in the Murcia region, where the hospital’s dedicated workers will be honored.
«Due to the efforts of the workers»
«Over these five decades, the Clinical Hospital of the University of Virgen in Arrixaca has established itself as one of the best hospitals in Spain, an achievement that would not have been possible without the effort and dedication of all the professionals who have been part of this institution,» as indicated by the I-Murcia I-Murcia health area.
Therefore, it emphasized that ArriXaca «is a reference in the National Health System, as evidenced by its inclusion among the top 20 hospitals in Spain in 2024, according to the health reputation monitor.»
«Under the promoter of the future that we know,» we reaffirm our commitment to a quality public health, based on fundamental values such as excellence, innovation, and caring for people,» according to Marín, who noted that «today we have a hospital that serves 270,000 people, with a maternal and child hospital covering almost half a million patients and serving as a reference for over a million.»
Therefore, he appreciated that this anniversary «is particularly a tribute to the more than 6,000 professionals who have made it possible to achieve this and the result of their daily work, based on public vocation, research, and patient-centered care.»
«To commemorate this event, we have designed a series of documents that began on January 31 with the presentation of the program of activities, presided over by the President of the Regional Government, Fernando López Miras. These events not only celebrate our past but also look to the future, consolidating our commitment to innovation and excellence,» he concluded.
ArriXaca, in data
It should be noted that the ArriXaca Hospital is a healthcare center in the area that serves 270,000 people, but its maternal and child hospital serves the entire metropolitan area in Murcia (almost half a million people) and is also a reference hospital for over one and a half million people in various diseases and treatment techniques.
The delight of the hospital in the urban core of El Palmar is composed of several buildings: the General Hospital, the Maternal Child Hospital (including a technical block), the Polyclinic, the Day Hospital, the University Pavilion, and the Management Pavilion. Additionally, there are other buildings for various functions, such as IMIB, PET-TAC, Cyclotron, laundry, maintenance building, waste management area, or thermal power plant, among others.
«We are said to be facing the fourth industrial revolution that comes from technologies such as artificial intelligence, 3D printing, robotics, genetics, and medical imaging,» according to the Ministry of Health, which noted that healthcare technology is advancing. And it is that robots or surgical robots that process laboratory samples, CT scans, or interventional procedures have become commonplace.
In recent years, new technologies have been put at the service of citizens or the existing number of people has expanded, according to the same sources, specifying that the incorporation of the second PET CT with digital technology allows the hospital to grow quantitatively and qualitatively.
Other SMS health areas will benefit from this addition, as the ArriXaca Hospital is a reference for them, even in some explorations, such as PET-CT with Gallium-68 in patients with prostate cancer or neuroendocrine tumors, serving the entire region.
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