central new hospital laboratory carries out more than 36 million Panel in 2 years.

Fernández-Lasquetty closed the second Conference on biomedical Diagnostics, organized on the occasion of the 2nd anniversary of this laboratory.


-samples of more than 4,500 patients are dealt with on a daily basis in this laboratory

– occupies an area of 2,500 square meters and offers service to over 1.2 million



Spain, June of 2011- the Health Minister in duties of the community of Madrid, Javier Fernández Lasquetty, has been closed on 13 June the II Jornadas de biomedical diagnosis in hospital Infanta Sofía, event organized on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Central Laboratory that since its opening in 2009 has received 2.452.040 requests for analysis and he has made a total of 36.338.986 evidence.

located in Hospital Infanta Sofía of San Sebastian de los Reyes (Madrid), the laboratory provides service to almost 1,200,000 inhabitants of the community of Madrid to give coverage to the Madrid public hospital Infanta Sofía, Infanta Cristina, Infanta Leonor, Southeast, Henares and Tagus, as well as to their respective areas of influence. In particular, through 11 different routes carry samples of more than 4,500 patients who are cared for on a daily basis, in more than 150 centres for health, clinics, nursing homes and other centres care.

in an area of 2,500 m2 distributed over three floors, are developed in an integrated manner, activities of clinical analysis, cynical biochemistry, hematology, immunology, genetics, microbiology and parasitology, as well as testing of blood and components compatibility blood.

at the global level, the laboratory has of a catalogue of 1,400 evidence of different disciplines in a high percentage have response within 24 hours. The center counts with the sample management system, robotic, with a chain of transport 22 linear metres, one of the largest in Europe, which docks 16 clinical of biochemical and immunochemical, in which evidence of more demand and complexity are processed media.

professionals that are members of its staff have been formed to provide a comprehensive service covering the needs of analytical tests above six hospitals and their areas of influence.



participation of Pedro l. Alonso, Mariano Barbacid and Valentín Fuster.

the day closed by Fernández-Lasquetty has counted with the participation of Dr. Peter l. Alonso, director of the Global Health Institute of Barcelona (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona) who spoke on the challenges of global health, Dr. Valentine Fuster, director-general of the national centre of research cardiovascular Carlos III (CNIC) in Madrid and director of the Institute Cardiovascular of the Hospital Mount Sinai in New York that explained the Transition from Cardiovascular disease to health: 2010-2020 ” and finally, Dr. Mariano Barbacid, who gave a lecture titled: of the Molecular Oncology to individualized therapies ”.