Overview

• The Juzgado de Primera Instancia nº2 de Valencia found malpractice after an 18‑month lag between the patient’s first visit in 2019 and the eventual diagnosis in 2021.
• The ruling holds Hospital IMED Gandía and insurer Mapfre liable, ordering payment of legal costs and indemnification for harm caused by the delayed detection.
• Clinicians ran numerous investigations but skipped a simple serial serum protein blood test costing about five euros, which was only performed after a left femur fracture in September 2021.
• The 57‑year‑old experienced repeated, unexplained fractures—including vertebral, bilateral hip, clavicle and femur injuries—and frequent emergency visits for bone pain without prior trauma.
• The case advanced by Asociación El Defensor del Paciente, led by lawyers Ica Aznar and Juan Carlos Montealegre, prevailed with decisive hematology expert evidence from La Fe.