Osakidetza is working on an agreement with Osatek for MRIs on weekends, nights and holidays
The Basque health service will add 4 new MRI equipment to its network, for which it will invest EUR 5.5 million.
Osakidetza is negotiating an agreement with Osatek, the public body responsible for managing 75% of the MRIs carried outin the Basque Country , so that its equipment can be used directly, a collaboration that would be activated at times when the service is not available due to operational or personnel limitations in Osatek, suchas nights, weekends and holidays.
This was announced on Monday by the Director-General of Osakidetza, Lore Bilbao, in the Committee on Health of the Basque Parliament, who explained that this cooperation is part of the shock plan put in place to improve care and accessibility and aims to reduce waiting times for these tests.
The Department of Health has stressed that the lists for such a test in Osatek have been reduced by 29% in the last six months due, among other things, to the expansion and modernization of equipment and the adoption of operational measures. "However, there is still room for improvement," Bilbao said.
New equipment
Osakidetza has modernized the devices and purchased equipment that allows patients greater comfort and more accurate scans . It has also announced the purchase of four new MRI equipment between 2026 and 2027, two of which were launched in June at Donostia University Hospital.
These operations involve an investment ofEUR 5.5 million , as set out in the Health Infrastructure and Equipment Programme 2025-2032 of the Department of Health of the Basque Government.
In this context, Osakidetza hopes to continue to reduce waiting times by consolidating the positive trend, which, according to the latest Osatek data (June 2026), puts 28,687 patients on the list, 29% less than six months ago.
Waiting lists 2026
Guipúzcoa
- June: 9,937 patients (1,926 per machine)
- January: 14,361 patients (2,394 per machine)
Bizkaia
- June: 13,748 patients (1,719 per machine)
- January: 19,108 patients (2,389 per machine)
Álava
- June: 5,002 patients (per 1,000 machines)
- January: 6,692 patients (1,338 per machine)
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