The surge in coronavirus cases in Spain is starting to have an impact on hospitalsâ ordinary activity. The clearest case is the Valencia region, where non-essential procedures including diagnostic tests and surgeries are being cancelled in order to focus resources on Covid-19 patients. In Catalonia and Galicia, hospitals are also feeling the strain and have begun to cancel procedures that are not considered vital. âThe forecasts are very bad, and the direction of the epidemiological curve is nearly vertical. If things keep going this way, in 15 days the hospitals will no longer be able to cope,â warned Javier GarcÃa Fernández, president of the Spanish Anesthesiology Society.