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More than 400 people took part last weekend in the Carrera por la Promoción de la Salud, a fun fun organised in Marbella by staff at the Costa del Sol Hospital to promote healthy living. This was just one of the events organised to mark the 25th a
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...in applying for the special public health insurance scheme in the region, the Convenio Especial. Moreno committed the Junta de Andalucía to resolving the issue. Moreno, who was accompanied by regional vice-president Juan Marín, also explained
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The Junta de Andalucía's Health service has said that it plans to have Estepona's new local hospital up and running by the end of the year. The date comes after the town hall finished the building work on the long-awaited complex in December last ... in expenditure to correct a series of unexpected flaws. The regional health service has already put out to tender the purchase of the X-ray, surgical and clinical equipment and furniture at a cost of some four million euros. However bosses have had
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The poor condition of the Hospital Marítimo and health centres and services in Torremolinos have attracted complaints from council members. The deficiencies were recognised back in 2015 but plans to modernise were paralysed by the crisis. The
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...the Axarquía. Blancke is spokesperson for Save Our Homes Axarquía (SOHA). Instead, Fernando Córdoba Córdoba, 43, would become mayor. He is currently councillor for Culture, Sport, Education and Health in the village. In the last term of government,
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...ahead. "Immediately upon taking Wayne's suggestions into my own life I saw my own astounding transformation. I felt the most relaxed and happiest I'd ever been. He told me that mental health problems get progressively worse, but that recovery from ... has helped people suffering from every known mental health illness, including severe stress, anxiety, alcoholism, drug addiction, gambling addiction, bipolar, schizophrenia and depression. Over the next year, in a series of sessions with Kemp, David ... way that was quite remarkable. As he spoke, he looked directly into my eyes and it was as if he was telling me my own story," the writer explains. After speaking with Kemp and seeing the increasing popularity of self-help and metal-health books,
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Last year there were more deaths in Malaga province than ever before: 13,323, which was 4.8 per cent more than in 2017. It wasn't that there were more murders or that people's health has got worse. On the contrary, life expectancy has increased by ... them, from old age. Two age-related health factors, circulatory and respiratory problems, are behind four out of every ten deaths, according to official figures. Tumours are also related to age, and last year they were the cause of 3,499 deaths in the
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Two local health professionals have been presented the Civil Merit Medal by the Spanish government for their humanitarian work this year in Mozambique. Isabel Ric is an experienced nurse with the 061 emergency services in Malaga, and Luz López is ... disaster and required immediate medical attention. As the health services in Mozambique are insufficient and scarce, the Spanish medical professionals also treated people with chronic illnesses. Isabel Ric and her colleagues began providing care on 2 ... is another world. The health needs are great. People live in houses built with stones, mud and bamboo. Despite everything, the people of Mozambique are happy; if their house falls down, they rebuild it and move on," Isabel Ric explained. "It's been
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Spanish health service - or the Andalusian one in our case - is both better and worse than the UK's NHS. Some residents in Spain say they have received much better attention and treatment here, while others state the opposite. The truth is that both ... the month when the most people fall ill. Perhaps instead we should be drinking to the health of the professionals and of the systems themselves, and to the wisdom of the politicians who could stop skimping and saving in such an important area, improve
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...always has to take the first step and show that we do matter. It remains to be seen whether or not they accept us as we are, with our differences,” explained García. At present, eight out of every ten people with mental health problems in Spain are ... unemployed. “Having a proper, motivating job is beneficial for anybody, but for those with mental health problems it is also essential for their recovery and independence,” said Ana Lancho, president of the Madrid association La Barandilla. For 20 years she ... pioneer in Spain in celebrating Mad Pride Day in 2010, although that year they called it El Escandalazo, alluding to the evaluation by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of the mental health services in that region, “but whose recommendations were not