More than 4,700 patients are waiting for an appointment in one of the medical specialties at the Doctor José Molina Orosa Hospital in Lanzarote, the worst figure in a decade. The number of citizens waiting for a consultation with a specialist doctor has grown by 70.3% compared to a year ago. This is according to the published data by the Canary Islands Health Service with figures up to June 2026.
This figure thus surpasses the previous record, when in December 2024 a total of 4,048 people were waiting for their consultation with a specialist. It also surpasses the 2,950 patients who were waiting for a specialist in June 2019, the highest value recorded in a June to date.
In total, in the Canary Islands, more than 158,000 people are waiting for a consultation with a specialist doctor.
The most in-demand specialties in Lanzarote are Gynecology (with 625 patients without an appointment), followed by General and Digestive Surgery (with 485 patients); Rehabilitation (with 455); and Dermatology (419).
After the four most in-demand, the list continues with Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery (369), Allergology (318), and Ophthalmology (with 311 patients).
In addition to the waits for specialist consultations, there are also delays in complementary tests. For example, in Lanzarote, it takes an average of two and a half months (68 days) to get an appointment for a simple ultrasound. In the waiting list for June of this year, there were 272 people waiting for theirs.
Other complementary tests are also in the queue for ultrasounds. Thus, for a computed tomography scan (known as a CT scan), it is necessary to wait around almost two months (52 days); something similar happens with magnetic resonance imaging with a wait of almost two months (44.9 days). For a mammogram, the average waiting time is more than half a month (22 days); while for an endoscopy it is one month and three days (34 days).
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