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18TH - 24TH FEBRUARY 2020 - EDITION 826
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Hospital waiting times below average The average waiting time for surgical interventions in Torrevieja and Vinalopรณ hospitals is 39 and 45 days respectively, according to new data. The January figures, published by the Department of Health, show that that average waiting times in the two local hospitals are much lower than average in the Valencian Community where public hospital waiting times are usually 86 days for surgical departments. The Ministry of Health has announced its intention to reduce average waiting
times across the Valencian Community and as such, published the waiting times of each individual hospital with Torrevieja and Vinalopรณ coming out on top. Both hospitals are publicly owned but privately managed by Ribera Salud and officials want to follow these two examples to reduce waiting times across the board. The official data reflects average time, expressed in days, across all patients waiting for operations. This calculation includes all surgical specialties. In the case of Ribera Salud hospitals, Torrevieja and Vinalopรณ have a complete portfolio of services and specialists which avoid
referrals of patients with complex cases to other hospitals further away. Figures for waiting times are supplied by the hospitals to the health department on a monthly basis. At the University Hospital of Torrevieja, the average surgical wait is 39 days. Category by category in terms of specialties, the average wait for general surgery is 5 days, 30 days for maxillofacial surgery, 28 days for traumatology, 89 days for plastic surgery, 12 days for thoracic surgery, 55 days for vascular surgery, 22 days for dermatology, 28 days for gynaecology, 41 days for ophthalmology, 25 days for ENT and 60 days for urology.
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