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· 27 August 2026 · Candela Canales · elDiario.es Aragón
“La lista de espera quirúrgica se dispara en Aragón: Cirugía Vascular pasa de 147 pacientes a más de mil en un año”
Surgical waiting-list figures in Aragón and the health department's explanation for them. Most sentences here are official statistics, which makes them unusually easy to check or to correct.
How it ended, sentence by sentence
The outlet
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5 unanswered
The accused
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- 5 still standing: unanswered, or the outlet was right
Article score: 10.0/10
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What the outlet published
What the other side says
What the outlet published · Sentence 1
“La lista de espera quirúrgica no para de subir en la comunidad y en el último año se ha incrementado un 56,76%.”
Translation · ES
The surgical waiting list keeps rising in the region and over the last year it has grown by 56.76%.
What this claims, in our words
THE HEADLINE RATE: a 56.76% rise in one year. Given to two decimal places, so it either matches the department's published series or it does not.
What the outlet published · Sentence 2
“Cirugía Vascular ha multiplicado por siete los pacientes que llevan más de seis meses pendientes de una intervención: en julio de 2025 había 147 personas en esta situación; un año después son 1.077.”
Translation · ES
Vascular Surgery has multiplied by seven the patients waiting more than six months for an operation: in July 2025 there were 147 people in that position; a year later there are 1,077.
What this claims, in our words
THE SHARPEST FIGURE: 147 to 1,077 in one speciality in twelve months. This is the number carrying the headline.
What the outlet published · Sentence 3
“A 31 de julio, 8.117 pacientes llevaban más de 180 días esperando una operación en Aragón, 2.939 más que en julio del año pasado.”
Translation · ES
As of 31 July, 8,117 patients had been waiting more than 180 days for an operation in Aragón, 2,939 more than in July last year.
What this claims, in our words
THE REGION-WIDE TOTAL: 8,117 patients past 180 days, up 2,939 year on year, at a stated cut-off date of 31 July.
What the outlet published · Sentence 4
“Sanidad atribuye el aumento de los últimos meses al impacto acumulativo de la huelga de médicos contra el nuevo Estatuto Marco del Ministerio de Sanidad.”
Translation · ES
The health department attributes the rise of recent months to the cumulative impact of the doctors' strike against the Health Ministry's new framework statute.
What this claims, in our words
THE DEPARTMENT'S EXPLANATION: the doctors' strike. It is a causal claim, and the only party that can evidence it is the department itself.
What the outlet published · Sentence 5
“Según el Departamento, los paros han supuesto la suspensión de más de 4.900 intervenciones quirúrgicas y han condicionado la organización de la actividad de los hospitales.”
Translation · ES
According to the department, the stoppages have meant the suspension of more than 4,900 surgical operations and have shaped how hospital activity is organised.
What this claims, in our words
THE DEPARTMENT'S OWN NUMBER: more than 4,900 operations suspended by the strike. Attributed to the department, so it is theirs to stand behind.
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