The President of the Community Region of Madrid presented Esther Koplowitz with the Grand Cross of Healthcare on 12 May, the highest honour to be given by the Healthcare sector in Madrid.

With this distinction, the regional government of the Community of Madrid acknowledges the outstanding patronage of Esther Koplowitz in improving the social and health conditions of the most disadvantaged members of society and in introducing new technologies, such as its donation of the Da Vinci robot, a cutting-edge instrument in laparoscopic surgery that was donated to the San Carlos Clinical Hospital.