The Local Spain 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 How Spain became the world leader in organ transplants Spain has been the world leader in organ donation for the last 25 years and in 2016 it broke its own record for the number of transplants carried out. But how has Spain done it? https://www.thelocal.es/20170915/how-spain-became-world-leader-at-organ-transplants Fri, 15 Sep 2017 11:00:58 +0200 how-spain-became-world-leader-at-organ-transplants How Spain became the world leader in organ transplants Juan Benito Druet has just learned that his life may be about to change. https://www.thelocal.es/20170417/how-spain-became-the-world-leader-in-organ-transplants Mon, 17 Apr 2017 17:32:06 +0200 how-spain-became-the-world-leader-in-organ-transplants Man robbed of money to visit sick mum finds kindness from strangers When a Barcelona taxi driver was stabbed and the money he had saved up to visit his sick mother in Pakistan stolen, it was strangers who came to the rescue. https://www.thelocal.es/20160113/barcelona-taxi-driver-robbed-kindness-strangers-spain Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:08:26 +0100 barcelona-taxi-driver-robbed-kindness-strangers-spain Poor immigrants targeted in illegal organ sale Police have arrested five people in Spain after a wealthy Lebanese man in need of a liver offered up to €40,000 ($55,000) to whoever was willing to undergo an illegal organ transplant. https://www.thelocal.es/20140312/police-thwart-first-illegal-organ-sale-in-spain Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:54:00 +0100 police-thwart-first-illegal-organ-sale-in-spain