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Andalusia Launches AI Center, Pledges €3.7 Million to Bring Breast‑Screening Tools to All Hospitals

The government is turning to artificial intelligence to raise mammogram accuracy following October’s screening crisis.

Overview

  • President Juanma Moreno said AI will be added to the existing breast‑screening plan de choque to guarantee diagnostic quality.
  • The Centro de Inteligencia Artificial de Andalucía opened in Granada with a €3.5 million investment at the Parque Tecnológico de la Salud.
  • Nearly €4 million over four years will fund deployment of hospital AI across the eight provinces to improve detection of breast and other tumors.
  • The rollout takes the Hospital Reina Sofía de Córdoba pilot as its model, which the regional government says has had no incidents since the crisis surfaced.
  • The announcement coincided with leadership changes in the Health Department, with Nicolás Navarro named vice minister after a series of dismissals linked to the case.