The Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal is a public general hospital located in the Valverde neighborhood, in Madrid, Spain, part of the hospital network of the Servicio Madrileño de Salud. It is one of the healthcare institutions associated to the

University of Alcalá The University of Alcalá ( es, Universidad de Alcalá) is a public university located in Alcalá de Henares, a city 35 km (22 miles) northeast of Madrid in Spain and also the third-largest city of the region. It was founded in 1293 as a ...

for the purpose of clinical internship.

History

Named after Santiago Ramón y Cajal, it was opened on 18 October 1977, receiving the nickname of (el) ''piramidón''. It was criticised back then because of its location, cost and size. It developed the first service in Spain for pediatric cardiology (1977) and the first unit of cardiac rehabilitation (1979). Aside from the teaching and medical attention features, it is noted by its research prowess (the first in the region in scientific research production), particularly in the scope of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases. As of 2017 it has 901 beds. At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemia in Madrid, in March and April 2020, the hospital had 994 beds occupied by patients of COVID-19.

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Buildings and structures in Fuencarral-El Pardo District, Madrid Ramon y Cajal {{Spain-hospital-stub