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More doctors THE Balearic Islands was the Spanish region with the greatest increase in regis tered doctors last year. According to the National Statistics Institute (INE), the number of registered health care professionals increased by 4.3 per cent in the Balearics in 2022 with 245 new doctors joining the pub lic or private health care sec tor the highest rise in the country above La Rioja (4.1 per cent) and the Canary Is lands (3.9 per cent). There are currently 458 doctors for every 100,000 in habitants, which is actually one of the lowest totals in the country only above An dalucia (442) and CastillaLa Mancha (402). The same figures reveal that there are now nearly one million active healthcare professionals throughout Spain including all health professions, from doctors and nurses to pharmacists, physiotherapists, psycholo gists, chiropodists, opticians and veterinary surgeons. In 13 of the 15 professions analysed by the INE there were more women than men. The groups with the highest percentage of wom en were speech therapists (93 per cent of women), oc cupational therapists (90 per cent) and nurses (84 per cent).
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Issue No. 1979
SMOKE FREE: Smoking has been banned on a beach in the Canary Islands.
TOWN HALLS in Mallorca could soon ban smoking on the beach. A Spanish law is currently being drawn up based on na tional and European residue legislation that could be used by local councils to pro hibit smoking on the sand due to the generation of cigarette butt refuse. Until now, the Balearic Is lands Government could on ly advise beachgoers not to smoke under the ‘Platges sense Fum’ (‘Smokefree beaches’) campaign, but the future Royal Decree will re portedly authorise local councils to ban smoking completely and fine smokers who do so. The law up also attributes a responsibility to tobacco producers in the treatment
of cigarette butts. According to European regulations, this type of refuse is classed as singleuse plastics, due to the presence of this materi al. The Balearic Islands Envi ronment department has filed allegations to the na tional law currently being processed to speed up the treatment of cigarette butt refuse and suggest the cre ation of a system for the de posit and return of this type of waste through specific
and sustainable containers, which would be given to the customer when buying cigarettes. The law already foresees the installation of specific waste bins for butts, but the regional government be lieves this will be insufficient given the presence of cigarette butts on the floor everywhere. Nearly 21,000 cigarette butts have been cleared from beaches in Mallorca since January alone.
THE finishing touches are being made to the spec tacular new mansion being built for tennis star Rafa Nadal and his partner Mery Perelló in Mal lorca. The property is located on a 7,000 squaremetre plot of land in Porto Cristo with panoramic views of the bay and is expected to be ready for the family to move in this month. Moored in the sea opposite is Nadal’s famous 370metre catamaran that the champion inaugu rated last year. The area is said to have great sentimental value for the Manacor tennis ace.