Overview
- Ribera Salud launched an in‑depth internal audit and said Pablo Gallart has temporarily stepped away from managing Torrejón after the recording surfaced.
- Madrid’s health department says it has detected no contractual breaches so far, has deployed a multidisciplinary supervisory team and plans urgent meetings with company leaders.
- Spain’s health minister formally asked the region to investigate the case thoroughly and to verify whether similar practices occur at other concession hospitals, including groups like Ribera and Quirón.
- Reports indicate at least four medical leaders were dismissed after filing internal ethics complaints about the directives, an allegation now under scrutiny.
- Hospital service chiefs issued a statement asserting they have never adopted measures that violate patients’ rights, while parties across the spectrum pressed for inquiries, and PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo called for a rigorous audit.