https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spanish police busted a Chinese gang accused of carrying out back-street abortions, surgery and dentistry in 'deplorable' home clinics, the force said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140627/spain-police-bust-back-street-abortionists-health Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:16:44 +0200 spain-police-bust-back-street-abortionists-health A woman in Spain is planning to take legal action against doctors who performed an emergency caesarean section without anesthetics. https://www.thelocal.es/20140319/they-gave-me-c-section-without-anaestesiamum Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:59:00 +0100 they-gave-me-c-section-without-anaestesiamum A Spanish HIV researcher will have to cough up €210,000 after he was caught performing unauthorized medical tests on 311 patients using a powerful new compound thought to lessen the side effects of AIDS treatment. https://www.thelocal.es/20140131/doctor-fined-210k-over-illegal-aids-tests Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:47:00 +0100 doctor-fined-210k-over-illegal-aids-tests Thousands of pharmacies closed for several hours in Spain's northern Catalonia region on Thursday in a strike over the regional government's failure to pay their bills. https://www.thelocal.es/20131108/catalan-chemists-strike-over-unpaid-bills Fri, 08 Nov 2013 10:22:00 +0100 catalan-chemists-strike-over-unpaid-bills A surgeon and anaesthetist in Majorca have been ordered to pay €160,217 ($210,000) in compensation to a man who suffered post short-term memory loss after a botched liposuction procedure. https://www.thelocal.es/20130627/man-loses-memory-after-liposuction-slip Thu, 27 Jun 2013 14:37:00 +0200 man-loses-memory-after-liposuction-slip