Agency Name: | Madrilenian Health Service |
Nativename: | Servicio Madrileño de Salud (SERMAS) |
Type: | Health Care Service |
Formed: | 2001 |
Preceding1: | Instituto Nacional de la Salud (INSALUD) |
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Agency Type: | Public Provider |
Jurisdiction: | Government of the Community of Madrid |
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Parent Department: | Councillery of Health |
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The Madrilenian Health Service (Spanish; Castilian: Servicio Madrileño de Salud, SERMAS) is the body responsible for the system of public health services in the Community of Madrid. The SERMAS was created in 2001, as the functions and services provided by the (INSALUD) in the region were transferred to it.[1]
SERMAS is responsible for both the management and provision of public health care services in the Madrid region, and also the management and implementation of programs for disease prevention, health promotion and rehabilitation.[2]
The SERMAS network across the region includes the following hospitals:Ramón y Cajal, La Paz, 12 de Octubre, San Carlos, Niño Jesús,, Gómez Ulla, Infanta Leonor, La Princesa, Gregorio Marañón,,,, Dr. Rodríguez Lafora, Carlos III, Virgen de la Torre, Henares,,, Fundación Alcorcón, Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Fuenlabrada, Severo Ochoa,,,, Sureste,, Virgen de la Poveda,, Guadarrama and La Fuenfría.[3]