THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 12 16 Issue No. 10 (1978)
1 - 7 June 2023
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Catherine McGeer BEAUTIFUL baby Jesús, the first child born in Spain af ter a uterus transplant, is fi nally in Murcia with his in credibly strong and loving family. Tamara, his mother, has Rokitansky syndrome which affects about one in 5,000 women worldwide. These women are born without a uterus and so cannot get pregnant. Tamara was heartbroken when she was diagnosed with this condition at 15 years of age, but never gave up hope and when she heard on the news that a baby had been born in Sweden thanks to a uterus transplant she began her investigation. She came across Francis co Carmona, head of the gynaecology dept at Clinic Barcelona who was prepar
Photo credit: Clínic Barcelona website
MIRACLE BABY BABY JESÚS: Tamara’s only dream was to be a mother.
ing to carry out this type of transplant, and when he heard Tamara’s story he agreed to proceed with the complex procedure. Tamara’s sister, who al ready gave birth to her
own child, donated her uterus to her sister. The transplant took 15 hours to complete and was just the first step in a long process. Finally, after a fearfilled two years, Tamara gave
birth to her baby. He was born prematurely due to the complex nature of the pregnancy weighing 1.1 ki los, but he is growing stronger every day at Arrix aca Hospital.
THE popular ferry between Santiago de la Ribera and La Manga cancelled the service in December 2022 without an explanation. Many were left wondering why the service was cancelled as queues lined the pier where it docked in La Ribera every day in summer. They also received a €75,000 subsidy annually from the town council to maintain the service. This year with the service cancelled they obviously didn’t claim the subsidy and the Minister for Transport, Antonio Martínez Torrecillas said the reason given was ‘an internal problem of the company.’ Due to the demand the
town council has arranged three sea taxis that can each hold 12 people and will begin to operate from June to re place the ferry. As these boats are smaller they will run more frequently, from 10am until 10pm. The three boats are pending authorisa tion from the Capitanía Marí tima to begin. The people of San Javier and the nearby towns are not happy with the cancellation of the ferry service. They feel the towns along the Mar Menor are more isolated than ever with growing frus tration about the lack of transport available in the area.
Photo credit: Ferry Mar Menor website
La Manga Sea ‘Taxi’ NO EXPLANATION: Popular ferry service cancelled.
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112 to the Rescue 112 dedicated to its protection of the region. Photo credit: 112 Facebook Page
THE storms that hit the re gion caused havoc to crops destroying them with hail. They inundated the Mar Menor with more polluted water and ripped through cities flooding homes and endangering lives. Throughout all this, the 112 and other emergency services were out protecting and rescuing its people and even animals. They were al so actively involved in the
cleanup after the storms, hosing and sweeping mud from the streets. At one point they had a total of 152 calls dealing with people in difficulty or obstructions on the roads, and of course many calls re lated to the rescue of those in imminent danger. Thanks to the dedication of the emergency services Murcia suffered no loss of life due to the flooding.