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

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.
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.
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.
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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Missing man’s body found in Crevillente

The man who went missing in Crevillent has been found. His body was discovered by the Guardia Civil this week, and an autopsy has verified his identity.
An alert was sent out on Tuesday, March 18th. The SOS Missing Persons Association was in charge of distributing the case notice and alerting people to the man’s vulnerability via its social media accounts.
No one has been able to discover him alive despite searching for them. His body was discovered on Wednesday, March 25th, at approximately 9 a.m.
Identification has not been done at the scene of the body, which was discovered in some bushes in the municipality of Crevillent. The body of the man who vanished eight days prior was identified by the autopsy conducted on Wednesday, March 26th. According to this report, natural causes were the cause of death.
The first 72 hours after a disappearance are “important as they allow for extreme measures to be taken to find the missing person,” according to the group.
There are a number of reasons for this, including the possibility that the individual may still be in the vicinity of the residence or location where they vanished, particularly in the case of youngsters and the elderly, and the possibility of obtaining evidence that will provide light on the circumstances surrounding the disappearance.
“As soon as all necessary steps have been taken and it is certain that a family member has disappeared, the State Security Forces (National Police, Guardia Civil, Local Police, or Regional Security Forces) must be immediately contacted to report the disappearance,” they say.
There, they remind us that, in contrast to what many people think, “it is not necessary to wait 24 or 48 hours” to make these complaints. “The 24-hour thing is a legend,” say National Police Alicante.
“If you suspect the disappearance of a family member or friend who has not done so voluntarily, you should let us know from the very first minute because the first minute is crucial for investigators to have the most relevant and important information,” these same sources stress, repeating the association’s message.
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Firefighters in Alicante try to storm the plenary hall

“We don’t know what would have happened if they had gotten in .” When firefighters tried to attack the plenary hall of Alicante City Hall yesterday, Thursday 27th March, one eyewitness characterised their level of anxiety as follows. In the end, local police officers stopped them from going inside.
The plenary session in March has turned into one of the bloodiest in recent memory. An attack attempt by municipal firefighters who were protesting their working conditions was the cause.
During the plenary session, the demonstrators yelled, “Barcala, comply,” “Barcala, take off your tie and come to the park,” and “Come here and talk to us.”
They tried to push their way in, and their anger erupted because they weren’t being heard. They were also halted by officers from the Rapid Intervention Task Force of the Local Police. Eventually, they were forced to leave.
The demands for the promised improvements—first, the state of the city’s fire station facilities, and second, compensation for the unusual services required for their work—were the foundation of the violent protest.
Barcala bemoaned the manner in which these demands were implemented, calling it a “disgrace to the plenary session,” according to Europa Press. Rafa Mas, a spokesman for Compromís, was summoned to order “stirring up the protests.” Mas bemoaned the “precarious situation” and “lack of resources” faced by the city firefighters during his remarks.
PSPV, Vox, EU-Podem, and the rest of the opposition concur that while they do not agree with the “forms” of the firefighters’ protests, they do agree with the “demands” and the “substance.”
Although Silvia Castell, a socialist councillor, has urged the mayor to “listen to them” and “fulfil his promises,” Manolo Copé, a spokesman for EU-Podem, feels that “their demands must be heard” because the mayor “is not up to the task.”
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Moldovan mobster arrested in Torrevieja

A 37-year-old Moldovan male has been taken into custody by the Guardia Civil in accordance with an Italian European Arrest Warrant (EAW). Known as “thieves in law,” the detainee belonged to the Russian-Soviet criminal organisation VOR V ZAKONE, which was committed to committing significant crimes.
The arrest happened on February 28th in Torrevieja while Guardia Civil officers were performing a public safety duty. While on patrol, they spotted three people on a restaurant terrace and saw one of them attempting to hide after spotting them. The officers became suspicious of this behaviour and went on to identify him.
After doing technical examinations, the authorities concluded that the person’s Romanian passport, which was of excellent quality, was a fake. After being detained and brought to government facilities, his fingerprints were recognised, proving his identity.
On March 2th, 2022, the Verona Criminal Court sentenced the detainee to 11 years in prison for international criminal conspiracy offences of a mafia nature. The detainee was a member of the VOR V ZAKONE organisation, which was committed to committing crimes against people and property using mafia-style intimidation, threats, and violence.
The man had been hiding in Spain since the sentencing, using fictitious paperwork to evade discovery. To ascertain whether the fugitive has committed crimes in Spain, the Guardia Civil is still looking into the matter.
The detainee was taken to the Court of First Instance in Torrevieja, where he was ordered to be detained until his extradition to Italy.
The Guardia Civil underlines its commitment to combating international crime and deals another blow to organised crime with this operation.
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