A total of 2,297 people were waiting to be treated by a medical specialty at the José Molina Orota Hospital in Lanzarote as of December 2022. The most recent data published by the Canary Islands Health Service reveal considerable differences, depending on the specialty.
This figure is the second highest figure of the data collected. Only behind the waiting list of 2019, where 2,950 users were waiting to be attended.
The specialty with the most patients waiting is Dermatology, with 500 people on the list, followed by Traumatology (334), Neurology (188), Ophthalmology (161), Rehabilitation (138), General and Digestive Surgery (123), Otorhinolaryngology (115).
Below one hundred patients on waiting lists, we find Pediatrics (97), Rheumatology (92), Allergology (82), Endocrinology (69), Digestive System (62), Obstetrics (60), Urology (59), Nephrology (50), Internal Medicine (42), Hematology (35), Psychiatry (32) Pulmonology (27), Cardiology (24), Angiology Vascular Surgery (7).
Surgical waiting lists
Regarding the patients on the surgical waiting list at the José Molina Orosa Hospital in Lanzarote in 2022, 1,431 people waited to be operated on in some of the specialties.
The most demanded are Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery (691 people), General Surgery (254), Ophthalmology (175) and Urology (148). Below one hundred we find Gynecology (74), Angiology and Vascular Surgery (45) and Otorhinolaryngology (44).