ACIPA brings a proposal to the September Plenary for Hospital del Tajo to receive more human and material resources in light of the revival of the health agreement between Madrid and Castilla-La Mancha. The party recalls that the agreement was signed in 2015 but was never implemented in the south of Madrid and north of Toledo.
The Independent Citizens' Group for Aranjuez (ACIPA) has presented a proposal for the Plenary of the September 2026 Corporation requesting improvements to the human and material resources of the Hospital del Tajo, coinciding with the revival of the health agreement between the Community of Madrid and Castilla-La Mancha.
The text reviews the history of this demand: in 2016, ACIPA already brought an initiative to the Plenary to provide the hospital with more resources, especially for the treatment of solid neoplasms that are difficult to operate on through radiotherapy, which would require a linear accelerator. At that time, the party recalls, the Ministry of Health responded that Hospital del Tajo was considered a medium-low complexity centre and that the provision of large reference hospitals like Doce de Octubre was prioritised.
A year later, in 2017, ACIPA requested the Community of Madrid to activate the Health Agreement signed in 2015 between Madrid and the Junta of Communities of Castilla-La Mancha, which was never executed. The party emphasises that the agreement was applied in the province of Guadalajara, with patients treated at Príncipe de Asturias in Alcalá de Henares and Ramón y Cajal, but not in northern Toledo or southern Madrid, despite requests from mayors of various political affiliations.
The proposal explains that the location of Aranjuez, between Madrid and Toledo, led to the idea of a hospital co-financed by both administrations to serve a population that was then estimated at 180,000 inhabitants and could reach 500,000, according to statements from former Health Minister of the Community of Madrid Antonio Lamela. The aim was to bring medical care closer and relieve the congestion of hospitals in the south, such as Doce de Octubre. With joint funding, Hospital del Tajo could have had up to 350 beds, three times the current number, although the project was ultimately scaled down.
ACIPA points out that, although many urban developments did not materialise after the real estate bubble, there is now a new increase in population in areas like La Sagra and Mesa de Ocaña, driven by housing prices in the metropolitan area of Madrid. Municipalities like Seseña already exceed 30,000 inhabitants, more than any other in the health area of Hospital del Tajo. This is compounded by the distance and poor communications with the reference hospital in Toledo, the General Hospital with nearly 1,000 beds, which means many local residents use the emergency services of the Aranjuez centre.
In 2016 we brought a proposal to the plenary for the Community of Madrid to equip Hospital del Tajo with more resources to improve healthcare, especially the treatment of solid neoplasms that are difficult to operate on, such as through radiotherapy (for which it would be necessary to equip the hospital with a linear accelerator).
The initiative will be debated in the September 2026 Plenary, where ACIPA will request that the Community of Madrid be urged to strengthen Hospital del Tajo and execute the health agreement for the cross-border population.
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