The Madrilenian Health Service (, 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.Real Decreto 1479/2001, de 27 diciembre de 2001, sobre traspaso a la Comunidad de Madrid de las funciones y servicios del Instituto Nacional de la Salud. Ministerio de Administraciones Públicas. BOE. 28/12/2001; (311):50033-8.
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.Funciones de la Dirección del Servicio Madrileño de Salud. SERMAS. 28/04/2015.
Hospital network 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.
See also
Health care in Spain Spanish Ministry of Health List of hospitals in Spain
References
External links SERMAS website