hospital - Olive Press News Spain

Hospital Axarquia_1330077911_95447866_1365x1024

Malaga’s Axarquia Hospital announces huge investment plan to combat months-long waiting lists and overstretched staff

THE overstretched Regional Hospital of Axarquia has announced it will make improvements to its services on its 35th anniversary.

5 Feb, 2020 @ 17:45

Health·Lead·Malaga

Medical expert says incontinence pants are ‘standard international practice’ after British pensioner blasts Spanish hospital for putting him in a nappy

A MEDICAL expert has said incontinence pants are ‘standard international practice’ after a British pensioner accused a Spanish hospital for putting him in a ‘nappy’.

27 Jan, 2020 @ 17:06

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

Farmer arrested after dumping DEAD worker in hospital who’d had heart attack during his first day picking olives in Spain’s Andalucia

He is then reported to have left him and fled, after which a doctor realised that the man he had dropped off was dead

18 Dec, 2019 @ 08:32

Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead

A trip to the hospital in Spain has turned Giles Brown into a bookworm with six pack abs and restored his faith in humanity

Spraining an ankle is not a training programme that I would recommend, but there is an upside!

10 Nov, 2019 @ 12:15

Giles Brown: Loud and Clear·Malaga

Teenage British exchange student falls to death from bedroom window in Spain’s Andalucia

It was reported that those who witnessed the shocking fall were ‘very affected’ by what happened

20 Oct, 2019 @ 19:46

Cordoba·Lead

‘Good Samaritan’ gives holiday home to Brit couple supporting three-month premature baby in Alicante hospital

A ‘GOOD SAMARITAN’ has offered her Spanish villa to a young Birmingham couple trapped in Alicante following the shock birth of their first child. Natalie

5 Sep, 2019 @ 14:12

Costa Blanca·Lead

ALL pregnant women in Malaga must be assessed, says Government after first abortion due to listeriosis on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Pregnant women will be asked if they have eaten the infected La Mecha brand of the popular Spanish food, ‘carne mechada’

4 Sep, 2019 @ 22:07

Health·Lead·Malaga

FIRE ARREST: Woman carrying lighters held over three separate blazes in Spain’s Marbella

She was caught inside the vehicle with ‘flammable material’ and several lighters, before police detained her on charges of a ‘forest crime’

3 Sep, 2019 @ 16:39

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead·Malaga

‘YOU ARE GOING TO KILL SOMEONE’: Anger at sushi restaurant as Salmonella outbreak infects 91 people in Spain’s Mallorca

It comes as inspectors of the sushi joint made shocking discoveries, including that ‘there was no hot water’

3 Sep, 2019 @ 10:38

Health·Lead·Mallorca

Third elderly victim confirmed dead in Spain’s largest ever listeria outbreak as 200 still infected in total

Listeriosis is a bacterial infection that can cause sepsis, meningitis and encephalitis and can be fatal

27 Aug, 2019 @ 18:00

Lead

Open date REVEALED for NEW hospital on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Work on the hospital had stopped in December after a Junta investment of €15 million

21 Aug, 2019 @ 12:20

Health·Lead·Malaga·Politics

First death of listeria outbreak in Spain’s Andalucia is 90-year-old woman who had eaten popular pork product

It comes as the infected meat products were revealed to have been distributed to Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, Tenerife and Madrid

20 Aug, 2019 @ 15:25

Health·Lead

EMERGENCY declared over wildfire on Spain’s Costa del Sol as 50 evacuated, while helicopters, planes and 170 firefighters battle blaze

Meanwhile, five people have been treated for smoke poisoning, minor burns and bruises, but they were not hospitalised

19 Aug, 2019 @ 20:35

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Listeria outbreak infects 80 people including 15 pregnant women in Spain’s Andalucia after bacteria found in 2,000 packs of popular meat

Healthy people may have mild symptoms, however listeria can be fatal for older people, newborns and patients with weakened immune systems

19 Aug, 2019 @ 18:34

Health·Lead

Man arrested after FIVE gunshots fired on Spain’s Costa del Sol, streets away from where 10,000 people partied at Malaga Feria

“Do you want shots? Well, you are going to have shots”

19 Aug, 2019 @ 12:51

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

OPINION: We need answers on why British vet was denied hospital trip – on 3 occasions

TOWN halls need to break their silence on why a British war veteran was denied a trip to the hospital on three separate occasions. The

17 Aug, 2019 @ 17:03

Opinion

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 teen arrested for ‘bottling bouncer so badly he needed 50 stitches’ at party hotspot in Spain

A judge told him he would be released if he could find the bail of €15,000, although it is unclear if he has come up

2 Aug, 2019 @ 14:13

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

WATCH: American gored in neck and teen bruises spine as annual San Fermin bull run begins in Spain’s Pamplona

Each day six bulls and accompanying steers are released, before the animals take on matadors in public fights in the afternoon

8 Jul, 2019 @ 14:17

La Cultura·Lead·National News

OPINION: Vulnerable people being robbed in hospital beds on the Costa del Sol is an absolute disgrace

The hospital also make it more difficult to report thefts to the police as they have refused to document the crimes

6 Jul, 2019 @ 12:30

Crime & Law·Malaga·Opinion

Irish expat devastated after being robbed while asleep in hospital bed on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The hospital meanwhile, has refused to give Paula a formal letter confirming the phone has been stolen, making it difficult to report the issue to

6 Jul, 2019 @ 10:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Two British mates die in 30ft horror plunge while taking SELFIE on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A third British man, 20, was also present and was treated for shock at the Hospital of Torrevieja

4 Jul, 2019 @ 18:37

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa del Sol gas explosion hospitalises one

Doors, windows and furniture were all damaged at the property

27 Jun, 2019 @ 09:47

Lead·Malaga

Hospitalised British cyclist Chris Froome could be awarded 2011 Vuelta a Espana title after Spanish champion caught doping

It comes after Froome recently underwent an eight-hour surgery following a horror crash that leaves him out of this year’s Tour de France

14 Jun, 2019 @ 11:32

Lead·National News·Sport

Mum on holiday in Spain kills only son by accidentally running him over in car park

After another couple’s car broke down and was being towed, the mum offered to move her vehicle, an SUV

12 Jun, 2019 @ 13:40

Crime & Law·Lead

Everything you need to know about dangerous dogs in Spain’s Andalucia

Included in the Junta’s definition, is dogs that ‘due to their aggressive nature, size or jaw power have the capacity to endanger the life or

21 May, 2019 @ 11:44

Environment·Lead·Nature

hospital - Page 4