Palma will have a new metro line connecting the Intermodal Station with Son Espases University Hospital in just ten minutes. The infrastructure, expected to be operational by 2033, will represent a significant expansion of the urban rail network and improve connections to several neighborhoods and key facilities in the city. The project envisions a route of approximately six kilometers, although only four will be newly constructed and entirely underground. The line will depart from the Intermodal Station and utilize the existing Jacint Verdaguer and Son Costa stations, extending with new stops at Son Hugo, Son Rossinyol, Son Espases, and Secar de la Real, before reaching Son Serra Perera.

The overcrowding in the Emergency Department ofSon Espases University Hospital It continues to create critical situations, with patients potentially spending days waiting for a bed and surgeries being canceled due to lack of availability. The situation remains critical despite the contingency plans of the Balearic Islands Health Service (IbSalut), according to complaints from unions and healthcare professionals at the hospital. As an operating room professional, who wished to remain anonymous, explained to ARA Baleares, "With no beds available, patients cannot be operated on." The Balearic Islands Health Service confirmed that on Thursday there were 77 patients awaiting admission to Son Espases Hospital, which it described as a "peak in demand" due to the flu and the admission of chronically ill patients. However, union sources such as USAE emphasize that the situation is beyond normal and seriously affects the quality of care.

The Balearic Islands Federation of Health and Social Services Sectors of the CCOO union has warned of a new collapse in the Emergency Department of Son Espases University Hospital, where more than 70 patients are awaiting admission to a ward. According to a statement released by the union, this situation is creating a "significant backlog in care," with patients remaining for hours in the Emergency Department waiting for a hospital bed. This, CCOO pointed out, directly impacts the quality of care and safety conditions for both patients and staff. The union deemed it "unacceptable" that the hospital is keeping resources idle while the department is overcrowded. "It is not normal to have dozens of patients waiting for admission when there are beds that should be made available immediately," the statement read.

Over the past 25 years, the public health system of the Balearic Islands has undergone a profound transformation marked by the construction of new hospitals and the closure of old ones. Son DuretaTechnological modernization and the brutal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic have shaped the Balearic healthcare system since the late 1990s. For decades, Son Dureta Hospital (opened in 1955 as the Virgen de Lluc Health Residence) was the island's main referral center. However, over time its facilities became outdated, and in the early 2000s, with the People's Party (PP) in power, the political decision was made to build a new main referral hospital, Son Espases, disregarding the previous agreement of the Pact for Progress with the national government to renovate the old hospital's facilities. The process culminated in January 2012. when the definitive closure of Son Dureta was certified After the transfer of all services to Son Espases.

A ten-year-old boy was injured Monday afternoon in Palma after falling from the seventh floor of a building on General Riera Street. The investigation, led by the National Police, initially ruled out the involvement of any third parties and is working on the hypothesis that it may have been an accident. According to the reconstruction of events so far, the boy fell from the seventh floor and landed on a car parked on the street, and then on the roadway. There, he was found by Palma Local Police officers who were the first to arrive and began performing CPR. Paramedics from SAMU 061 continued the resuscitation efforts and transported the boy to Son Espases University Hospital in serious condition.

The prosecution accuses the former head of the Otorhinolaryngology Service of the Son Espases University Hospital in Palma of manslaughter due to gross negligence and requests a two-year prison sentence for the death of Joan Comes, the former mayor of Sa Pobla, following an operation.

Son Espases University Hospital The Balearic Islands Health Service has incorporated early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease into the Balearic public health system using a brain amyloid PET/CT. This procedure allows for the detection of the accumulation of the amyloid ß protein in the brain, which is a key biomarker indicating the development of Alzheimer's disease with greater diagnostic certainty, the Health Service explained.

The motorcyclist who was seriously injured in an accident on Palma's ring road this Monday morning remains in critical condition in the intensive care unit of Son Espases Hospital. According to information from the SAMU (National Health Service), the accident occurred at around 5:40 a.m. and the victim collided with another vehicle and was ejected.

The Health Living Lab of the Son Espases University Hospital and the Adema University School have launched a pioneering technological project at the international level which, according to its promoters, marks a milestone in medical-surgical training: it is a haptic (tactile) simulation system)applied to virtual training to treat colorectal cancer so that in the future it can be extrapolated to real interventions in different areas of surgery.