Issue No. 1975
11 - 17 May 2023
COSTA DE ALMERIA • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
ALL is not well at the Torrecárdenas Hospital located in the aptly named Calle Hermandad de Donantes de San gre in Almeria City. This University Hospital is a major part of the Health Service in the province but it appears that the Junta de Andalucia is being accused of with holding funding so that there have been cuts in the number of nurses being em ployed. To celebrate International Nursing Day which takes place on Friday May 12, the nurses union SATSE will hold a meeting of staff by the entrance to Acci dent and Emergency from 10am for half an hour. Although this is a specific problem for Almeria, the Union contends that the number of nurses per 1,000 people in Spain is just six and this compares badly with many other EU Member states where the number is often double. IT is always heartwarming to hear about how well some British people have settled in to a new life in Spain, but the story of Mrs Frances Davies (Fanny) is particularly inter esting. Now resident in Mojacar after moving from Aguadulce
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Even when additional facilities are be ing built such as the new Faculty of Medicine, there is a major shortage of parking spaces with staff, patients and visitors fighting to get into the three car parks (one on open ground) and 1,000 spaces which even the hospital man
agement believe to be insufficient for now, let alone the future. One option is a ‘park and ride’ shuttle service which is being tried out but in reality, the Junta de Andalucia which manages the hospital needs to find a longterm solution.
Golden Anniversary (Sevilla) 23 years ago, she will shortly celebrate the fact that she arrived in Spain 50 years ago! Fanny and her husband John raised two sons here
Tourism spend ON May 5, the Almeria Provincial Council approved the in vestment of more than €3 million to carry out works that im prove infrastructures and services throughout the province. Of that amount, the council will make €450,000 for the pro motion of tourism with the intention that the Costa de Almeria should become a major holiday destination for international travellers. Part of the promotion will be aimed at those destinations that have recently returned to operate into Almeria Airport, as well as with the German city of Dusseldorf, to consolidate the new and future air connections that are being established. The Vice President of the Provincial Council and spokesman for the government team, Fernando Giménez, said that “these initiatives will disseminate the image of the province and of the ‘Costa de Almería’ brand associated with excellence as a tourist destination. “Our province has everything necessary to be the place cho sen by national and international tourists this summer thanks to that there is little crowding and significant holiday diversity.”
(both grown and married to Spanish girls) and managed their travel and property business in the area. Fanny’s husband John, a very successful businessman, sadly developed dementia and Fanny nursed him through this illness for many years until he passed away. Since then, she has found
ed and developed a local car ers’ charity, Stepping Stones, which continues to serve this and the surrounding commu nities helping the elderly and those struggling with ill ness and isolation. Representatives from Mo jacar Council are expecting to join with Fanny’s friends to acknowledge the work she does for the community and to celebrate this landmark anniversary.
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