Spain’s Health Ministry estimates three times more heat-related deaths this summer than last
The Carlos III Institute has estimated that so far this year there have been 30,861 excess deaths in Spain, of which 3,833 are attributable...
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Emergency services attend 42 calls to assist with near fatal drowning in Spain’s Malaga during July and August
THE Health emergency number 061 has assisted 130 SOS calls for near fatal drowning in Andalucia between the months of July and August this...
Spain’s Malaga has more than 600 defibrillators installed throughout the city
LIFE-saving defibrillators have been installed throughout Malaga city.
Over 600 devices, which can be used by members of the public to help treat someone who...
Fourth vaccine jab in Spain to be rolled out end of September for over 80-year-olds and residents of care...
THE autumn booster rollout for over 80-year-olds and residents of care homes will kick-start on September 26—with Spain due to start receiving the first...
Could the days of wearing masks on Spain’s public transport be coming to an end?
While the use of facemasks as a means of preventing the spread of Covid-19 has long been abandoned in the United Kingdom, in Spain...
Spain detects 48 cases among children of severe acute hepatitis of unknown origin
A total of 48 cases of severe acute hepatitis have been diagnosed among children in Spain during the first eight months of the year....
Spain’s health minister announces arrival of 10m Covid-19 vaccines adapted to variants
SPAIN'S health minister Carolina Darias today announced that 10 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines would be arriving in Spain over September, adding that these...
Andalucia’s suicide rate is higher than Spain’s average
ONE person killed themselves every 14 hours in Andalucia during 2020, according to the Junta.
Some 793 people died as a consequence of suicide in...
Sad milestone as Covid-19 deaths hit 10,000 mark in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
30 MONTHS on from the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the unwanted landmark of 10,000 coronavirus deaths has been reached in the Valencian Community.
Figures...
Effective Rhinoplasty Procedure in Turkey: What Patients Need To Know
Thousands of men and women dream of changing the shape or size of the nose. They may feel uncomfortable and less attractive, and in...
Beach in Spain’s Malaga closed to bathing for third time this summer due to faecal contamination
MALAGA City Council has closed Sacaba beach, in the western area of the capital of Malaga, to bathing this Tuesday, August 30, after a...
New Da Vinci robotic surgery units being opened at Valencia region public hospitals in Spain
THREE Da Vinci robotic surgery units will be opened in Valencian Community hospitals at a cost of €9 million.
They will be set up at...
Gibraltar cuts COVID-19 self-isolation time to five days as cases drop
PEOPLE who get COVID-19 in Gibraltar will now only have to self-isolate for five days after they tested positive, its health authority announced.
Director of...
Recall of frozen fruitberry mix in Spain due to presence of Hepatitis A
HEALTH authorities are verifying the withdrawal from the market of three batches of Ardo Frozen Fruitberry Mix due to the presence of hepatitis A.
The...
On the mend: How a post-Covid full health check revealed some surprising results
A post Covid health check goes surprisingly well for Olive Press editor Jon Clarke at Marbella’s leading Executive Health clinic
Hospital ICU Covid-19 cases in Spain hit lowest point since early days of pandemic
INTENSIVE care hospital admissions for Covid-19 have fallen to their lowest number since the Ministry of Health started publishing figures.
241 ICU cases were reported...
Costa Blanca health centre in Spain gets daubed with graffiti after patient refuses to wear protective mask
AN Alicante Province health centre wall was daubed in graffiti hours after a patient angrily refused to wear a mask.
It was far from an...
Spain’s government changes inaccurate mask wearing announcement for air travel
CONFUSION reigned in Spain on Thursday after Transport Minister, Raquel Sanchez, said that mask wearing was ending for air travel- only for the government...
Organ donation in Spain’s Andalucia increases by more than 20%
ORGAN donation activity in Andalucia has grown by more than 20% this year and tissue donation for transplants now exceeds 50%
According to data provided...
Spain’s Andalucia considers maintaining mandatory use of face masks on public transport and inside health care centres ‘forever’
MASKS will continue to be mandatory inside health care centres and on public transport in Andalucia, health expert has said.
According to the spokesperson for...
Spain rules out easing Covid face mask requirement on public transport and health centres until at least autumn
SPAIN’S Health Minister has rejected plans to relax face mask rules and they will continue to be compulsory on public transport and in health...
EXCLUSIVE: Health boss warns that idiotic viral challenge attackers could spread HIV and hepatitis amid surge in needle-spiking reports...
AN alarming summer craze for pricking unsuspecting partygoers with needles could spread Hepatitis and HIV, an expert has warned the Olive Press.
There is no...
British expat fights for life after catching Legionnaires’ disease in mystery outbreak in Mijas on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A BRITISH expat is fighting for his life after contracting Legionnaires' Disease on Mijas in Spain's Costa del Sol.
Richard Dickman, 80, was rushed to...
Spain passes 6,000 mark in confirmed monkeypox cases
SPAIN has surpassed 6,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox according to Ministry of Health figures.
Up to last Friday, 6,119 infections were recorded- two-thirds of them...
Be prepared: It makes life in Spain so much easier if you know what to do in a crisis
IT can not be overstated how important it is to read and understand the documents that come with your insurance policies.
Very few people seem...
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