Overview
- Sánchez issued a direct denial on social media and used the moment to criticize the right and defend public healthcare.
- The allegation originated in Libertad Digital, which claimed months of treatment at Madrid’s Ramón y Cajal hospital without presenting corroboration.
- PP deputy Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo asked in Congress to declassify the president’s health information, pushing the rumor into formal politics.
- La Moncloa had told reporters the claim was false, and Presidency minister Félix Bolaños rebuked its promotion as a moral low.
- The rumor spread quickly on social networks, and no independent evidence has surfaced to support the original report.