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The Valencian healthcare system achieved the historic record of 696 transplants in 2024

Carlos Mazon

The President of the Generalitat Carlos Mazón praised the healthcare system in the Valencian Community for reaching a record number of transplants and organ donors in 2024. This shows that “we are a leader in this area and a model for the scientific community.”

In this way, the data in 2024 reflect a total of 696 organ transplants, which represents a growth of 14.3% and 305 donors, which represents 11.3% more than in 2023, which “accredits the extraordinary work of Valencian public health professionals”.

This was expressed by the head of the Council during the presentation of the balance sheet for the 2024 financial year that took place at the Hospital de La Fe in an event together with the Minister of Health, Marciano Gómez, and the coordinator of Transplants of the Valencian Community, Rafael Badenes.

The head of the Council has shown his pride in the “solidarity and generosity” of the donors and their families and has highlighted the “great work of healthcare professionals and the entire team that participates in the donation and transplantation process for their professionalism and dedication 365 days a year, 24 hours a day.”

In fact, he stated that “there are 150 people on average involved in this process” between healthcare workers, security forces or logistics personnel, and he emphasized “the effort, exemplarity and human and technical quality” of the professionals of the Valencian public system.

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The president highlighted that “this excellence positions us as one of the regions of more than five million inhabitants with the highest donation rate in the world”. Thus, in 2024 the number of deceased donors was 305 from whom several organs can be extracted, to which must be added living donors.

The data shows that the donor rate in the Valencian Community is 57.4 per million population, which places us above the national average of 52.6. In addition, the example of the province of Castellón with 95 donors per million population as “the highest in the world” should be highlighted.

Likewise, the data from the Valencian Community are well ahead of the European average, which is 22 donors per million population and in the case of Germany, 11 donors per million population. Furthermore, it should be noted that in the world, 90% of patients who need an organ die on the waiting list “while in our community this rate is 5%. For this reason, the head of the Council has assured that these data “encourage us to move forward and not fall into complacency to improve these results”.

During his speech, the president once again claimed the funding that “our country needs because it is for our public health system which, despite this, continues to be an international benchmark and is capable of offering data above the Spanish average.”

La Fe is the hospital in Spain that performs the most transplants.

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In the balance of 2024, the Valencian Community has closed the year with a total of 696 transplants, with historical records in kidney, lung or heart transplants.

Specifically, 402 kidney transplants were performed, 13.2% more than the previous year, 100 lung transplants, with an increase of 35.1%, and 47 heart transplants, which are 34.3% more than in 2023. 140 liver transplants and 7 pancreas transplants were also carried out.

It should be noted that the La Fe Hospital in Valencia has once again positioned itself as a reference center both nationally and worldwide with 395 transplants, and is thus the hospital center in Spain that performs the most transplants, ahead of Vall d’Hebron.

In addition, it is the first in Spain with the highest number of liver transplants (105) and heart transplants (47). It has also carried out 136 kidney transplants, 100 lung transplants and seven pancreas transplants.

Likewise, it is necessary to refer to the fact that, among the transplants carried out, 23 have been in pediatric patients, with a growth of 76.9% compared to the previous year and which reaffirms the commitment of the Generalitat to implementing a program of prioritizing children.

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Similarly, the Valencian Community has positioned itself as an innovative and pioneering region in Spain in the implementation of controlled asystole donation (DAC) with cardiac recovery with the implementation of 39 procedures, 11 of these in the La Fe Hospital itself, 23 in hospital centers in the Valencian Community (mobile cardiac DAC program) and 5 outside the Community.

In this regard, it should be noted that Hospital La Fe began the pediatric cardiac CAD program in 2024 and has positioned itself as the only hospital center in Spain that has extracted hearts and lungs for different pediatric recipients.

On the other hand, in the Doctor Balmis hospital in Alicante during the year 2024, 69 kidney transplants and 35 liver transplants were carried out, while in the General University Hospital of Elche 40 kidney transplants were undertaken. In the University Clinical Hospital of Valencia 4 kidney transplants were carried out and 64 in the Doctor Peset, and 52 kidney transplants in the General Hospital of Castellón.


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Alicante drug dealer arrested

Alicante Drugs

As part of its efforts to combat drug trafficking, the National Police have investigated a store in a house north of Alicante that sold a variety of illegal drugs, including cocaine and heroin. As a result of the police action, a 44-year-old lady of Spanish descent has been arrested.

The officers were able to identify the resident, a middle-aged woman, after conducting multiple inspections at the house under investigation.

The suspect was the subject of several monitoring and follow-ups during the police investigation, which allowed the agents to confirm that she was responsible for delivering the drug from her residence to those who arrived to get their dosage.

The suspect was arrested as part of a police operation after it was determined that she was involved in the sale and distribution of narcotic substances and that she utilised the house to conceal the money she had gotten illegally as well as to conduct drug transactions.

After the arrest, a search of the house turned up 450 euros in bills, 229 grammes of cocaine, and 96 grammes of heroin.

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The detainee is now available to the Alicante on-call court when the police proceedings are concluded.

A significant drug sales hub that served the whole northern region of Alicante has been eliminated thanks to the police operation.


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An Almoradí resident correctly predicts all six lottery numbers

Lottery

The town of Almoradí in the La Vega Baja region of Alicante was blessed with the Bonoloto draw yesterday, Tuesday, March 4th. A resident of the town correctly guessed the six numbers of the winning combination of the draw, or, to put it another way, the maximum prize that was up for grabs. This is because, unlike the La Primitiva draw, the Bonoloto does not require a guess for the complementary number in order to access the first prize.

All that is known about the winner at this time is that he validated his wager at a tobacco shop on Manuel de Torres Avenue in the municipality of Alicante. The winner will receive 372,001.42 euros and won’t have to divide the staked money with anyone else because he was the only one in Spain to properly guess all six numbers.

The following numbers make up the draw’s winning combination:

02-11-24-35-38-42 44 and Refund: 4.

Also, by matching four numbers and two suns, a San Juan de Alicante resident won 5,617.80 euros as a fourth-category winner in the ONCE Eurojackpot draw on Wednesday, March 4th.

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From his point of sale on Avenida Rambla 6, Marcelo Gaztañaga Satianes, an ONCE-affiliated vendor in this town, has been fortunate. Since November 2016, Marcelo has worked as a seller at the ONCE Headquarters in Alicante.

From the design to the promotion of its social, safe, and responsible lottery, ONCE employs controls to counteract unchecked purchasing. Among other things, it specifically forbids sales to minors or credit-based purchases. By encouraging a responsible gaming policy and using the strictest evaluation and monitoring procedures established by the European Lottery Association and the World Lottery Association, the organisation upholds its obligation to the public.


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Backpacker arrested for false robbery claim

Police National

After reporting that he had been the victim of a vicious knife attack on an Alicante street, a 40-year-old Colombian man was arrested by the National Police for posing as a criminal. The individual who was arrested acknowledged that he had made up some of the events, but he told the police that he had no insurance, despite suspicions that the goal was to get paid by an insurance company.

The man who was arrested for feigning a crime told the police that two men had approached him on the street, taken the rucksack he was holding, and threatened him with a switchblade during the altercation. According to his version, he gave up his possessions out of terror, and the criminals ran away.

He stated that he had a laptop, bank card, company documents, and his car keys in his backpack. However, the officers’ early police investigations made them doubt the complainant’s version of events.

The complainant was called back by the police to elaborate on his account and provide further details. According to the authorities, the individual went to the Northern authorities Station in Alicante and was evasive and anxious during the interrogation until he eventually acknowledged that he had changed his account of events.

As he had stated in his first testimony, the man acknowledged that his rucksack had been stolen, but he did so without threatening him or using a weapon. Additionally, he said that the accused burglars had used his debit card to pay 40 euros at a café.

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Upon examining the transactions made using the pilfered card, the agents found that the purchase was for a mobile churro stand, where such a high amount of money was uncommon, rather than a bar or café. By supplementing the existing evidence, this proof demonstrated the complaint’s partial falsehood.

The proceedings were brought to the notice of the on-duty Alicante court, and the detainee had no criminal history.

The National Police remind people that making a fake report is illegal and can have serious repercussions. Furthermore, this kind of activity wastes resources that could be utilised to protect actual victims and solve actual crimes.


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