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ÁNGEL ESCALERA
The Spanish Association against Cancer (AECC) has awarded a 39,500-euro grant to researcher Bernardo Herrera, a urologist at the Clínico hospital, to carry out research into an uncommon type of urological cancer (upper urothelial tumour). This
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Tony Bryant
A golf-loving British expat has been left paralysed from the chest down after a reputedly routine operation went tragically wrong. Jan Atack, a former Squadron Leader in the RAF, went into a private hospital in Malaga in October 2018 for an ... operation to free a trapped nerve in her shoulder. However, when she came out of the operating theatre she was on a ventilator and paralysed from the chest down. After weeks of intensive care she was transferred to the specialist spinal unit of the Hospital ... Nacional de Paraplejicos in Toledo, where she has been undergoing therapy. The hospital is renowned for the treatment of spinal cord injuries and is often compared to the National Spinal Injuries Unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in the UK. Jan has been
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ANDREA JIMÉNEZ.
The Quirónsalud hospital in Marbella opened its 13 new rooms last week, equipped with the latest digital technology, as part of the hospital's 'habitación digital' project. The new spaces, which include three suites, come with resources such as a
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CAMILO LÓPEZ VEGA
Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer in existence. The Costa del Sol hospital in Marbella recently organised a special Sun Protection Campaign to make more people aware of the disease and of the importance of early diagnosis as this ... can save lives in 95 per cent of cases. On World Melanoma Day, which was Thursday last week, the hospital held a special conference with experts giving talks about the illness and ways to prevent it in everyday life. "It is one of the most ... organs," stressed Inés Fernández, who is a dermatologist at the hospital. Looking at the figures, she specified that 116 new cases of melanoma were diagnosed at the Costa del Sol hospital last year. Of the total, 57 per cent of these patients were men,
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A. JIMÉNEZ.
The Costa del Sol hospital opened its doors to 28 new residential interns last Monday, beating the hospital's record. The interns will be trained in areas such as Cardiology, Dermatology and Pediatrics, over a period of two to five years.
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Charo Márquez
A contract worth more than four million euros has been put out to tender to equip the new local hospital in Estepona. The contract covers diagnostic and screening equipment, surgical apparatus and clinical fixtures and fittings. Works on the ... new hospital finished in December but a concrete opening date has not yet been set. Mayor José María Urbano has said it should be open "by summer".
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Regional government spokesman Elías Bendodo last week met with Fuengirola mayor Ana Mula to discuss the future of the long-awaited Fuengirola-Mijas hospital, as well as that of the Los Pacos-Torreblanca health centre. Bendodo recognised that the ... Fuengirola-Mijas hospital and the Junta has already taken control of the project even though the town hall is yet to formalise the transfer of the land. He also announced that the plans would the project would be drawn up in 2020 and that the project would be
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Ángel Escalera
...from others. Pilar and Héctor didn't exchange their vows in a church, a registry office, on a beach or on board a ship. They were married in the Quirónsalud Malaga hospital, where Pilar is undergoing treatment for leukemia. The civil ceremony took ... who has been ill for the past year, accepted without hesitation. The groom's two children, family members, friends of the couple and hospital staff were presentThe wedding was attended by Héctor's two children as well as the couple's other family ... sources at the Quirónsalud Malaga hospital. "The wedding was lovely, and it was a day to remember. We wish both of them every happiness."
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A man had to be airlifted to hospital last Friday after a gas cylinder inside a car exploded. The victim, who was found unconscious on the ground next to the vehicle, suffered serious injuries as a result of the explosion and subsequent fire on
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Héctor Barbotta
Users of the underground car park at the Hospital Costa del Sol in Marbella no longer have to pay parking fees considered by many to be excessive. The car park now belongs to the Costa del Sol Health Agency, a subsidiary of the Junta ... de Andalucía. Profits until now had been going to the concession holder for the long-delayed expansion works at the hospital, Concesionaria Costa del Sol S.A. The handover took place this week following the Junta's payment of 12 million euros in April to ... force, users will have to pay one euro per 12 hours. The car park had been the principal cause of the hospital extension work being held up. The contractors decided to halt works nine years ago after Marbella town hall refused to comply with the Junta's