Overview
- The Andalusian health service says it has reached all roughly 2,000 women flagged with doubtful mammograms, activated a €12 million emergency plan, and begun hiring 119 staff to accelerate diagnostics by the end of November.
- Interim health chief Antonio Sanz announced a forthcoming “integral action plan” to reinforce colon and cervical screening with stronger information systems and traceability, additional personnel, public awareness campaigns, and hospital adjustments.
- Regional sources outlined a digital upgrade that includes modernizing pathology labs and deploying artificial intelligence to speed and improve test reviews once digitalization is complete.
- The crisis has reshaped the health leadership: Health Minister Rocío Hernández resigned last week, Sanz is acting in her place, and further senior changes are being weighed, according to local reports.
- Legal and political pressure is escalating as the family of an 82-year-old woman prepares a criminal complaint over her case on Tuesday, patient groups have reported denouncements to prosecutors, and President Juanma Moreno acknowledged potential electoral costs.