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Ramon, 94, pushes his wife's wheelchair due to lack of ambulances

Husband, 94, goes viral in Spain after being forced to push his sick wife on a wheelchair from hospital due to a lack of ambulances

THE PLIGHT of a 94-year-old man from Spain has gone viral on social media after a photo was widely shared of him pushing his wife

5 Dec, 2023 @ 14:46

Catalunya·Health·Lead

British toddler drowns in villa swimming pool on Spain's Costa Blanca 18-month-old boy could not be revived in La Nucia

Three-year-old and his dad die after drowning in a swimming pool in Mallorca

A THREE-YEAR-OLD kid has died after drowning with his dad in a swimming pool in a residential complex in Calvia on Monday. Their unmoving bodies

26 Jul, 2023 @ 19:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Four young women killed in traffic accident in Spain’s Madrid region

FOUR young women were killed on Sunday in a traffic accident that took place on a road near the Collado Villalba municipality in the northwest

11 Jun, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·Madrid

Minor who was passing himself off as a doctor and making house calls arrested in Madrid

SPAIN’S National Police have arrested a minor in Madrid who was passing himself off as an emergency doctor and was actually making house calls. He

2 Nov, 2022 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Man dies after being stung by wasp in Murcia area of Spain

A 51-year-old man died in Murcia City on Monday after a wasp stung him. The man passed out shortly after 8.00 am on a street

15 Aug, 2022 @ 15:45

Lead·Murcia

Man charged with raping mother-in-law pepper sprays police officer in Spain's Valencia

Police in Spain’s Valencia called to home of dead person are shocked to find him alive

POLICIA Nacional officers discovered a corpse was still very much alive on Tuesday after getting an emergency call. They were summonsed to a property in

27 Jul, 2022 @ 12:24

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Two Drownings In One Day On Costa Blanca Beaches In Spain

Two drownings in one day on Benidorm and Costa Blanca beaches in Spain

TWO people died on Wednesday from drowning on Costa Blanca beaches just days after the Valencian government launched a ‘safe beaches’ campaign. 26 bathers have

14 Jul, 2022 @ 15:01

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

WATCH: Elderly British man rescued in Spain after falling off Costa Blanca cliff

TWO brothers answered a plea for help after an elderly British man fell off a Costa Blanca cliff path into the water. Aitor and David

14 Jun, 2022 @ 17:01

Costa Blanca·Lead

British toddler drowns in swimming pool on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A British toddler drowned in a swimming pool at Aigues on Wednesday. The Guardia Civil in Xixona got a report at 6.15 pm of an

26 May, 2022 @ 16:17

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Elderly man suffers arm amputation after being trapped in overturned ambulance on a Mar Menor roundabout in Spain's Murcia region

Elderly man loses arm after being trapped in overturned ambulance in Mar Menor area of Spain

A Mar Menor man, 79, had to have an arm amputated after getting trapped in an overturned ambulance that was taking him to hospital. The

15 Dec, 2021 @ 17:17

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

‘Poor pay and working conditions’: Ambulances go on strike across Spain’s Balearic Islands

Those working in the sector say their salaries have been frozen for more than three years and that they do not reflect the current reality

15 Sep, 2021 @ 13:45

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

British expat war veteran shocked after pleas for ambulance allegedly denied THREE times on Spain’s Costa del Sol

“I’ve had medical treated in several countries, but there’s only Libya and Afghanistan that are worse than here”

17 Aug, 2019 @ 12:00

Lead·Malaga

British grandad in coma after Benidorm holiday faces 24-hour drive home and insurer WILL NOT pay

A 'slight mistake' on the family’s insurance policy has meant insurers won't pay out for the trip, which can cost around €12,800

28 Feb, 2019 @ 14:20

Health·Lead

British woman suffers brain damage and skull fractures after 25-metre cliff plunge in Mallorca on New Year’s Day

A BRITISH woman has suffered brain damage and skull fractures after falling 25m from a Mallorca cliff at around 3:00am on New Year’s Day. The

2 Jan, 2019 @ 10:21

Lead·Mallorca·Other News

British tourist in Spain killed in head-on car crash on ‘death alley’ road hours after flying to Alicante with family

A BRITISH woman has been killed in a car crash hours into her holiday, while her partner is in a coma and her daughter is seriously injured. Thought to be from Bedfordshire and in her 60s, the

2 Jan, 2019 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Child’s death leads to calls for 24-hour emergency service in Manilva

Manilva currently shares an ambulance service with Estepona town hall

5 Aug, 2016 @ 11:29

Environment·Health·Lead·Politics