
Almanac
Spain, Kingdom of


Surgeon General
Antonio RAMON CONDE ORTIZ
Major General MC
Hospital Central de la Defensa Gomez Ulla
Glorieta del Ejército S/N
Madrid 28047
SPAIN
Basic Task of the Medical Service
Support, protect and maintain the health of the Spanish Armed Forces personnel.
Structure
The INSPECCION GENERAL DE SANIDAD (General Inspection of Health) is the supreme authority in Spanish Military Medical Service.
The Inspector-General de Sanidad (Surgeon General) is under the authority of Undersecretary of Defence. A Military Medical Directorate in the Army, Navy and Air Force, with functional dependence of the Armed Forces Surgeon General.
- Medical Directorate, with 2 Military Hospitals and 6 Military Clinics
- Preventive Medicine Institute
- Blood Centre
- Aerospatial Military Medical Centre
- Pharmaceutical Directorate with a Military Pharmaceutical Centre
- Veterinary Directorate with a Military Veterinary Centre
Military Hospitals
Military Central Hospital
Gomez Ulla, Madrid, 700 beds
Military Hospital in
Zaragoza, 300 beds
All hospitals are fully equipped with all means of diagnostic equipment.
Additional Military Clinics in Ceuta, Melilla, Valencia, Cartagena, Ferrol, Cadiz
Institutes
- Aviation Medicine Centre, Madrid
- Diving Medicine, Cartagena
- Military Centre of Pharmacy
- Military Centre of Veterinary
Training
The medical training for military personnel is provided in the Military Medical Academy (Military Faculty of Medicine) in Madrid.
Number of Medical Personnel
Qualified physicians | 700 |
Qualified dentists | 100 |
Pharmacists | 135 |
Veterinarian | 115 |
Psychologists | 180 |
Nurses | 700 |
Field Deployments
- One Medical Brigade
- One deployable Role 3
- Two Air MEDEVAC units
Current active deployment of the Military Medical Service:
- Afghanistan: one Role 2
- Lebanon: one Role 1
- Atalanta, Indian Ocean: one Role 2 afloat
- Irak: one Role 1
- Central African Republic: one Role 1
- Djibouti: one Role 1
- Dakar (Senegal) one Role 1
- Libreville (Gabon): one Role 1
Civil-Military Cooperation
Currently, the Military Hospitals have cooperation agreements with the civilian hospitals' network.
Other Special Aspects
The Spanish Military Medical Journal.