Uma calorosa recepção Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, which brings Proyecto LUZ to a total of 15 hospitals—13 in Spain, plus 2 in Argentina and Colombia.
Founded on October 2, 1973, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre is one of Spain’s largest hospitals, with approximately 1,196 beds.
Over its 50-year history, it has continuously expanded its services and adopted new medical technologies, offering a comprehensive range of specialties in nearly all areas of medicine. Today, around 7,000 professionals work at the hospital, performing 40,000 surgeries e lidando com mais de 250,000 emergency casesannually.
Since its inception, the hospital has been closely linked to educação universitária. Every year, it trains over 400 medical students do Universidade Complutense de Madri, along with a similar number of nursing students, and supports 500 professionals undergoing postgraduate training.
According to statistics, Hospital 12 de Octubre atualmente realiza mais de 200 research projects in various medical fields, including câncer e doenças raras. Around 300 professionals are actively involved in scientific research at the hospital.
A tabela a seguir detalha todos os hospitais participantes do Projeto LUZ as of this edition’s publocation.





