Overview
- Amama and patient Anabel Cano filed the first administrative lawsuit Tuesday in Seville after the Andalusian health service gave no response within the six-month legal window.
- About 160 compensation claims have already been lodged with the health service, with roughly 50 to 60 more ready to file and another 40 to 50 under review, according to Amama’s lawyer.
- The Junta de Andalucía has acknowledged that delays or mishandled follow-ups in the breast-cancer screening program affected at least 2,317 women.
- Patients at the courthouse described delayed diagnoses, mastectomies and severe money stress, including one woman who said she had to sell her home.
- Earlier criminal complaints were closed, so cases now proceed in administrative courts, a slower and costly route that could expand as more deadlines expire ahead of the May 17 regional election, even as Health Minister Antonio Sanz says the government is studying claims and that women can go to court.