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 A team of Greek and Spanish doctors announced Thursday the birth of a baby using DNA from three people after a controversial fertility treatment that has provoked intense ethical debate https://www.thelocal.es/20190411/spanish-fertility-doctors-behind-world-first-three-person-baby Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:30:17 +0200 spanish-fertility-doctors-behind-world-first-three-person-baby After a Barcelona woman declined her doctor's suggestion to induce labour, the hospital came back with police and a court order telling her she had to. https://www.thelocal.es/20160705/court-tells-pregnant-woman-to-induce-labour-against-her-will Tue, 05 Jul 2016 17:29:08 +0200 court-tells-pregnant-woman-to-induce-labour-against-her-will Updated: Andrea passed away at 12.30pm on Friday, four days after her parents won their fight with doctors to turn off life support machines to allow their daughter 'a dignified death'. https://www.thelocal.es/20151006/doctors-will-turn-off-spanish-girls-life-support-after-parents-battle Tue, 06 Oct 2015 12:34:17 +0200 doctors-will-turn-off-spanish-girls-life-support-after-parents-battle A Spanish woman has been awarded €1,000 ($1,167) compensation after spending over three decades with a surgical needle stuck inside her body after a mishap while she was giving birth. https://www.thelocal.es/20150824/surgical-needle-found-in-woman-32-years-after-she-had-surgery Mon, 24 Aug 2015 17:27:58 +0200 surgical-needle-found-in-woman-32-years-after-she-had-surgery Top officials and doctors from Germany are in Spain to get help on how to improve the performance and transparency of their organ donation and transplantation system. https://www.thelocal.es/20130617/germany-calls-on-spain-for-organ-transplant-expertise Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:54:00 +0200 germany-calls-on-spain-for-organ-transplant-expertise