QUICK FACTS
Start date
2021
End date
2025
Type of equipment
10 proton accelerators for cancer treatment, located in the provinces of A Coruña, Barcelona (2), Bizkaia, Madrid (2), Malaga, Seville, Valencia and the island of Gran Canaria.
Estimated investment
€280 million
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS / 2030 AGENDA
Direct impact
ODS: 03
Complementary impact
ODS: 09
ODS: 10

Programme for the implementation of proton therapy in the Spanish public health system

Health care area

In October 2021, the Amancio Ortega Foundation arranged with the Spanish government and several autonomous communities to donate 280 million euros to install ten proton accelerators in the public health system.

Particularly suitable for treating cancer in children and hard-to-reach tumours, proton therapy is the most precise and advanced technology available to fight cancer through radiotherapy. With the incorporation of these first ten devices, the Spanish health care system will be in the leading group of countries with this technology and will have the capacity to treat thousands of patients close to home every year.