Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
Hospital in Community of Madrid, Spain
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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 | 40.487208°N 3.693883°W |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Teaching |
| University of Alcalá | |
| Network | Servicio Madrileño de Salud |
| Services | |
| Beds | 901 |
| History | |
| Founded | 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
Named after the Spanish winner of Nobel Prize for Medicine Santiago Ramón y Cajal,[2] it was opened on 18 October 1977, receiving the nickname of el piramidón,[2] after Pyramidon, a analgesic administered very often at the time.[3] It was criticised back then because of its location, cost and size.[2]
It developed the first service for pediatric cardiology in Spain in 1977 and the first cardiac rehabilitation unit in 1979.[4] Aside from the teaching and medical attention features, it is noted by its research prowess[2][5] (the first in the region in scientific research production),[4] particularly in the scope of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.[2] As of 2017 it has 901 beds.[6] At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Madrid, in March and April 2020, the hospital had 994 beds occupied by patients with COVID-19.[7]
