Tag: Torrevieja Hospital
Woman wins €450,000 pay out after shoulder surgery causes arm amputation at Costa Blanca hospital in Spain
AN ELDERLY woman has got a €450,000 pay-out after a shoulder operation went wrong at Torrevieja Hospital resulting in the amputation of her left...
Troubled hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca criticised for patient delays will not return to private management
TORREVIEJA HOSPITAL and its associated health department will not return to private management according to the new Valencian Health Minister, Marciano Gomez.
The hospital was...
British man seriously injured during fatal house brawl with knives and hammer on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A BRITISH man suffered serious injuries in a brawl at a Torrevieja house early on Saturday morning which saw a Dutch national die from...
Man stabs girlfriend but gets hit by taxi during police chase on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A MAN stabbed his girlfriend five times in a Guardamar del Segura street on Tuesday before he ran in front of a taxi as...
Key health services ‘100%’ guaranteed in Torrevieja area during busy Costa Blanca summer in Spain
TORREVIEJA Health Department has guaranteed '100%' coverage in key patient services during the summer season with €2.8 million funding from its 2023 'Holiday Plan'.
There...
Court stops father from banning daughter’s important ear operation on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A FATHER has lost a two-year court battle over stopping his young daughter getting an important ear operation.
The girl has now undergone the surgery...
Public health campaigners claim major bed shortage at Torrevieja Hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A PUBLIC health campaign group has called for more beds at Torrevieja Hospital during a protest outside the facility on Thursday.
'Platforma por la Sanidad...
Two men killed in ‘kamikaze’ crash on busy motorway on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO MEN died on Tuesday morning in a 'head-on' collision on the AP-7 motorway close to the Murcia-Valencia regional border.
The accident happened at around...
U-turn by regional health bosses after Torrevieja Hospital staff voted for strike action on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE Valencian Health Ministry has withdrawn a legal challenge to a collective employment agreement which prompted staff at Torrevieja Hospital to vote for strike...
Torrevieja Hospital staff on Spain’s Costa Blanca vote for first-ever strike in collective agreement dispute
STAFF at Torrevieja Hospital have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike for the first time in the facility's history.
96% of workers in a ballot...
Angry lab workers demonstrate outside troubled Costa Blanca hospital in Spain during Health Minister visit
MEDICAL workers and patients joined forces outside Torrevieja Hospital on Friday to demand improvements during a visit by Valencia Health Minister, Miguel Minguez.
Minguez was...
Popular tourist hotel owner on Spain’s Costa Blanca dies during alleged home invasion
THE Guardia Civil is investigating the death of a 77-year-old hotel owner at her Guardamar del Segura home on Wednesday.
Her son is claiming that...
Costa Blanca border town in Spain wants to use nearby Mar Menor hospital in Murcia region
RESIDENTS of Pilar de la Horadada may get a much shorter hospital trip compared to a 22 kilometre road journey to Torrevieja Hospital.
Pilar mayor...
Under-fire boss resigns from criticised Torrevieja Hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE head of Torrevieja's health department, Pilar Santos, has resigned just over a year after it returned to public management.
Ribera Salud contract to run...
German shepherd dog attacks Irish teenager at Costa Blanca urbanisation in Spain
AN Irish teenager was taken to Torrevieja Hospital on Friday after being attacked by a German Shepherd dog.
The incident happened at around 7.00 am...
EXCLUSIVE: Doctors quit crisis-stricken hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca despite ‘shock’ plan allegedly reducing emergency waiting times
DOCTORS are still resigning from Torrevieja Hospital, citing poor working conditions, despite an alleged reduction in emergency waiting times thanks to a 'shock' plan.
The...
Doctors from across Spain’s Costa Blanca to prop up Torrevieja Hospital staff numbers this summer
DOCTORS from Alicante Province hospitals will be drafted in to boost staffing at Torrevieja Hospital during the summer holiday season.
Valencia's new Health Minister, Miguel...
EXCLUSIVE: 84-year-old expat sat in agony for TWO DAYS waiting for treatment at scandal-hit hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN EXPAT octogenarian discharged himself from Torrevieja Hospital after sitting a total of 20 hours waiting for attention.
Brain Snell, 84, had suffered a fall...
Troubled Hospital starts emotional support programs for staff on Spain’s Costa Blanca
UNDER-FIRE Torrevieja Hospital has initiated an emotional support and training program for its front-line staff.
The program, named "Take care of ourselves to continue caring",...
Overstretched doctor calls police due to packed-out emergency area at Torrevieja Hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca
STAFF at Torrevieja Hospital want their boss to resign after patients faced massive waits for emergency room treatment.
The situation got so bad on Tuesday...
Reduced emergency services and hundreds of unpaid staff at scandal-hit hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca
MEDICAL UNIONS have described the atmosphere at Torrevieja Hospital as “quite conflictive”, as the transition from private to public management continues.
CSIF union boss José...
Torrevieja Hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca is back in public management
TORREVIEJA Hospital, which serves 180,000 people, returned to public management at midnight this Saturday morning.
The southern Costa Blanca facility had been managed privately since...
100 staff walk out at scandal-hit hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca only days before handover back to public management
DESPITE what bosses claim to be an “impeccable” transition from private to public management, Torrevieja Hospital has seen “about 100” professionals leave their post...
EXCLUSIVE: Brit ex-footballer admitted for gallstone op but loses right leg at scandal-hit hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A BRITISH EXPAT went into Torrevieja Hospital for routine gallstone treatment, and came out minus his right leg.
James survived the experience, but must suffer...
EXCLUSIVE: Grieving expat son starts pressure group with fellow victims of ‘criminal neglect’ at hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A BRITISH expat whose mother died after weeks of ‘criminal neglect’ and ‘abuse’ by staff at Torrevieja Hospital is convinced she’s one of many...
EXCLUSIVE: British pensioner handcuffed to hospital bed and ‘abused’ in her final days, say expat family on Spain’s Costa...
AN ELDERLY expat was needlessly tied to her bed before enduring a ‘humiliating and agonising death’ in Torrevieja Hospital, her family claim.
Kathleen Marshall was...
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