30% of patients in Galicia are waiting for a specialist appointment or surgery.
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The exact 30% figure does not appear in any source consulted; the claim's specific metric (share of patients on waiting lists expressed as a percentage) is not directly published in the sources found.
The most comparable published figures point to a much smaller share of the population: 230,614 people waiting for a first specialist consultation plus 57,680 waiting for surgery is equivalent to roughly 10-15% of Galicia's population, well below 30%.
The La Voz de Galicia article was published on 2026-09-30, after the session date of 2026-09-17, although the June 2026 data it reports was available before the session.
The sources are all journalistic/data-aggregator outlets (Secondary) drawing on the same SERGAS/Ministry of Health waiting-list data; no primary official publication stating the share was located.
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SecondaryGaliciapressEl porcentaje de pacientes que esperan más de 60 días para una primera consulta en Galicia alcanza el 41,3% en 2025, una cifra sensiblemente [superior a la media]; En el porcentaje de pacientes con más de seis meses en lista quirúrgica, Galicia registra un 5,67% global en 2025.
SecondaryLa Voz de GaliciaLa demora media para pasar por el quirófano pasó de 69,3 días en junio del 2025 a 89,5 en el 2026. Son veinte días más y el número de pacientes [pendientes de cirugía asciende a 57.680].