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Spain will be using its hospitals to treat wounded victims of Ukraine war

Alex Trelinski - 4 May, 2022 @ 19:00

HOSPITALS in Spain will be opening their doors to wounded victims of the war in Ukraine. Full details of the plan have still to be...

Coronavirus

Spain’s Cabinet approves end of indoor mask wearing this Wednesday but with key exceptions

Alex Trelinski - 19 Apr, 2022 @ 16:00

INDOOR mask wearing will end in Spain this Wednesday but with some key exceptions. The decision, which had been announced earlier this month, was formally...

Costa Blanca

Fugitive TikTok healer who ‘cures’ Covid-19 patients is jailed after fleeing long prison term for child sex abuse in...

Alex Trelinski - 12 Apr, 2022 @ 14:21

A self-styled preacher who posted TikTok videos claiming he could cure people of Covid-19 has been arrested in the Basque Country after skipping a...

Coronavirus

Spain’s Hipra booster vaccine against Covid-19 could be ready by summer

Jorge Hinojosa - 30 Mar, 2022 @ 11:45

A Covid-19 booster vaccine made by a Spanish pharmaceutical firm has moved a step closer to being approved and could be on the market...

Costa Blanca

Costa Blanca hospital welcomes first baby born to Ukrainian refugee in Spain

Alex Trelinski - 14 Mar, 2022 @ 12:42

THE first baby has been born in Spain to a Ukrainian refugee who fled the Russian invasion of her country. Mariia, 44, arrived in Javea...

Last phase starting in key clinical trials for Spain's own COVID-19 vaccine

Coronavirus

Go ahead for final phase clinical trials of Spain’s own COVID-19 vaccine

Alex Trelinski - 1 Feb, 2022 @ 13:30

SPAIN'S first domestically-made COVID-19 vaccine produced by Hipra is to start its final phase of clinical trials. Approval was given by the Spanish Agency for...

Coronavirus

How Alicante hospitals maintain low admissions despite Covid rate being 10 times higher than last year on Spain’s Costa...

Simon Wade - 9 Jan, 2022 @ 09:15

ANTIVIRAL drugs used in Alicante province hospitals are keeping admissions at the same level as January 2021, despite Covid transmission rates being 10 times...

Costa Blanca

EXPLAINER: Where you will need to show the COVID passport in the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Alex Trelinski - 2 Dec, 2021 @ 12:17

THE EU COVID-19 certificate will be needed to access certain indoor areas in the Valencian Community from this Friday night. The compulsory measure starts at...

Costa Blanca

Judges approve COVID passport which will take effect this week in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Alex Trelinski - 29 Nov, 2021 @ 12:52

SENIOR judges have rubber-stamped Valencian region plans to introduce a COVID passport for 30 days from this Friday(December 3). The regional Superior Court(TSJCV) approved the...

Costa Blanca

Starting date for COVID-19 passport revealed for Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Alex Trelinski - 25 Nov, 2021 @ 17:31

PROOF of vaccination will be a requirement to enter certain indoor areas from December 3 in the Valencian Community. Regional president, Ximo Puig, this Thursday...

Woman Doctor In Protective Mask Working At Tablet In Office

Costa Blanca

Hospitals and medical centres to relax restrictions in Costa Blanca and Valencia regions of Spain

Alex Trelinski - 19 Mar, 2021 @ 18:30

FACE-TO-FACE appointments are being increased in Costa Blanca and Valencia medical centres and hospitals as COVID-19 cases continue to fall. Routine operations will be restored...

Slow Covid 19 Tests At A Hospital On Spain S Costa Blanca Forces Doctors And Nurses Into Self Isolation

Coronavirus

All non-essential surgery AND treatment suspended at hospitals throughout Spain’s Valencia region

Simon Wade - 10 Jan, 2021 @ 14:30

HOSPITALS throughout the Valencia region have suspended all non-emergency surgical activity to make bed space for Coronavirus victims. General director of Healthcare in Valenciana, Mariam...

Costa Blanca

Two Costa Blanca hospitals show operation waiting times are HALF the regional average

Simon Wade - 17 Feb, 2020 @ 14:30

WAITING lists at two of Costa Blanca’s largest hospitals are HALF the regional average, figures released today show. Average waiting times for operations at The...

Andalucia

Outbreak of DEADLY Listeria virus confirmed in Spain, killing three people and affecting hundreds more in Mallorca

Jacque Talbot - 12 Sep, 2019 @ 10:57

So far three people have died and seven women have aborted babies out of the 200 people confirmed to have caught it.

Andalucia

Malaga hospitals in chaos over holidays as staff numbers drop

Imogen Calderwood - 31 Dec, 2014 @ 18:18

Nurses' union has slammed hospitals unable to carry out emergency operations

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Austerity measures putting Spaniards’ lives at risk

Annabel Grossman - 18 Jun, 2013 @ 11:46

Experts fear healthcare cuts could result in spiralling medical problems across Spain

Andalucia

Nurse shortages risks lives in Spain

Frances Leate - 3 Mar, 2013 @ 10:02

A severe shortage of nurses and beds is having a detrimental effect on healthcare in Malaga say leading union bosses.

Andalucia

‘Wake up call’ protest against health cuts

Wendy Williams - 3 Jul, 2012 @ 13:30

14 hospitals across Andalucia were closed for 24 hours

Andalucia

Less waiting around

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 23 Feb, 2010 @ 12:07

Healthy news for Spain’s hospitals as waiting lists fall

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