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Six people treated for smoke poisoning caused by frying pan fire on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A blaze started by a frying pan resulted in six people being taken to hospital in Alicante on Thursday morning.
The fire broke out after...
Brit boyband star Tom Parker celebrates ending ‘revolutionary treatment’ in Spain amid incurable brain tumour battle
BRITISH boyband star Tom Parker has returned to the stage after seeking ‘revolutionary treatment' in Spain amid his battle with incurable brain cancer.
The Wanted...
Soaring numbers of children treated for mental health problems in Balearic Islands
THE number of children hospitalised with mental health problems in the Balearic Islands has risen by almost 60% during the past year, shocking new...
Teenage tourist, 18, in coma in Spain after headache turns out to be blood clot on brain
AN 18-year-old tourist who collapsed on holiday in Spain has been put into an induced coma and had two brain surgeries in 48 hours.
Jamie...
Managers claim a third more staff are already in place as they plead for calm at blighted hospital on...
TORREVIEJA Hospital has sent out a message of ‘calm’ amidst chaotic scenes following a change in management.
The newly-appointed administration claims that extra new specialists...
Spanish woman seeking €3million damages after being raised by wrong family ‘welcomed’ by biological parents
THE biological parents of a woman swapped at birth in a hospital in northern Spain 19 years ago have told their daughter they will...
Cuddly Canine in pet therapy program helps reduce stress in children having blood drawn in Spain’s Granada
AT the Virgen de las Nieves Hospital in Granada therapy dog Niebla has an important mission, to bring smiles and comfort to children in...
Woman saved from abusive partner in Spain’s Barcelona after using ‘secret’ help signal
A man has been arrested in Barcelona after his partner alerted authorities using a secret hand signal to indicate she was being abused.
The woman...
Malaga public health system treatment delays likely to continue for months
DELAYS in treatments for patients in the Malaga public health system are likely to continue for months due to a backlog of cases caused...
Scientists invent new cocktail of drugs that wipes out neck and brain tumours in cancer patients
SCIENTISTS have invented a “promising” new treatment that destroys cancerous tumours in terminally ill head and neck cancer patients.
Researchers at the Institute of Cancer...
Costa Blanca teenager is treated for suspected myocarditis after getting COVID-19 vaccine shot in Spain
AN Alicante teenager has been treated in hospital for possible myocarditis following a second COVID-19 vaccine injection.
The 17-year-old boy is not seriously ill and...
Reckless father makes teenage son sick by giving him marijuana biscuits in Asturias area of Spain
AN Asturias region father could be jailed for over four years after giving marijuana-laced biscuits to his 14-year-old son.
The impact of the cannabis cookies...
Family demand answers over sudden death of woman, 20, at Costa del Sol Hospital in Spain
THE devastated family of a young woman are determined to find out why she died suddenly at a hospital in Spain.
The 20-year-old repeatedly visited...
COVID-19 vaccine ‘refusenik’ dies after rejecting jabs in Alicante Province area of Spain
A 58-year-old Alicante Province woman died from COVID-19 yesterday(August 17) after refusing to get vaccinated.
The woman passed away in Elda's Virgen de Salud Hospital.
She...
VIDEO: Car crashes through tables on busy terraza in Spain’s Marbella injuring at least 10 people
THE driver crashed into multiple bars and restaurants on Monday afternoon (19 June) after apparently losing control of the car.
The car careened down Miguel...
Man in wheelchair airlifted to hospital after falling into water in Nerja’s La Torrecilla
A MAN with Spina bifida was raced to hospital following an incident on a beach in Nerja on Sunday (July 11).
Emergency services rushed to...
Classical music improves the ‘quality of life’ in patients with dialysis, shows study in Spain
LISTENING to classical music has been linked to health and wellbeing improvements in those suffering with dialysis.
In a study of 90 patients, researchers from...
Police in Spain confirm second jumping incident in Marbella after girl on laughing gas leaps from building DAYS after...
TWO people have been left seriously injured in Marbella after freak jumping incidents that police fear were related to drugs.
Cops in Spain issued a...
Spain’s Malaga records lowest number of coronavirus hospitalisations in nine months
COVID-19 hospitalisations in Malaga has dropped to 123, the lowest it has been since August 27 of last year where there were 110 patients...
Number of COVID-19 cases in Andalucia falls for eighth consecutive day
ANDALUCIA has detected 1,444 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the lowest cumulative incidence rate for the eighth consecutive day.
Tuesday’s caseload is much lower...
Mountain teams in dramatic rescue as paraglider lifted to safety near Malaga
A PARAGLIDER was lifted to safety after suffering an accident in a rocky area near Malaga.
The man got into difficulty close to Teba after...
Spain’s Andalucia surpasses peak of hospital admissions in March, registering 2,764 hospitalised COVID-19 patients
THE number of people hospitalised in Andalucia for coronavirus reached 2,764 this Monday.
The start of this week has has seen hospital admission numbers exceeding...
Spain’s Malaga has highest number of health professionals infected with coronavirus in whole of Andalucia
MALAGA is the Andalucian province with the highest number of health professionals infected with COVID-19.
Nearly 7% of the total number of coronavirus infections detected...
August COVID-19 numbers in Spain’s Andalucia reach record highs – but remain below national average
Despite exceeding historical maximums, hospital pressure remains low
Hospital doctors across Spain’s Costa Blanca go on strike
RESIDENT doctors across the Valencian Community's hospitals went on indefinite strike from today(July 21) over their contracts and salaries.
Representatives from the medical union, MIR,...
Spanish pensioner discharged from Malaga hospital after 89 days, finally beating coronavirus
A 71-YEAR-OLD woman has been discharged from a Malaga hospital, coronavirus free, after 89 days.
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