A criminal court in Torrejón de Ardoz has launched **an investigation into the management carried out by Grupo Ribera at the Torrejón University Hospital**, after the Alcalá de Henares Prosecutor's Office combined four complaints pointing to **possible administrative irregularities** to the detriment of **healthcare**.
The opening of proceedings is based on complaints filed by the PSOE, lawyer Francisco Javier Flores Vaquerizo, the association Defensor del Paciente, and an anonymous source, who echoed recordings disseminated by 'El País'. In those audios, the CEO of Ribera, Pablo Gallart, is heard giving instructions to increase the hospital's waiting lists with the aim of increasing the center's economic profit, as well as deciding not to accept certain patients and to reuse single-use catheters.
After the audio recordings were released, the Prosecutor's Office closed its investigation and referred the case to the court, as it considered that the events could constitute a crime of prevarication. The Ribera group removed Gallart from the daily management of the hospital but kept him in the company, stating that the audio recordings were "out of context".