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 'If I'm not careful, it'll end badly': Covid fears haunt Spain's transplant patients despite vaccines Wearing a face mask and social distancing were a part of Magdalena Moskal's immunosuppressed life, long before the coronavirus pandemic hit. https://www.thelocal.es/20210714/covid-fears-haunt-spains-transplant-patients-despite-vaccines Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:13:09 +0200 covid-fears-haunt-spains-transplant-patients-despite-vaccines Organ trafficking? Exhumation ordered in bid to solve 13-year mystery of Spaniard’s death in Sweden A coroner has ordered the exhumation of a Spaniard from a cemetery in west London in a bid to finally resolve a 13-year mystery. https://www.thelocal.es/20180730/organ-trafficking-exhumation-ordered-in-bid-to-solve-13-yr-mystery-of-spaniards-death-in-sweden Mon, 30 Jul 2018 14:29:21 +0200 organ-trafficking-exhumation-ordered-in-bid-to-solve-13-yr-mystery-of-spaniards-death-in-sweden Spain tops world organ donation rankings Spanish surgeons beat their own organ donation record in 2014 despite serious cuts to the country's health system in recent years. https://www.thelocal.es/20150113/spain-tops-world-organ-transplant-rankings Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:48:00 +0100 spain-tops-world-organ-transplant-rankings 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 Spain sets transplant record with 45 in one day Spanish doctors performed an amazing 45 organ transplants on Thursday February 20th, setting a new national record for the number of such operations performed in a single day. https://www.thelocal.es/20140225/spain-beats-previous-record-for-number-of-organ-transplants-in-a-day Tue, 25 Feb 2014 14:36:00 +0100 spain-beats-previous-record-for-number-of-organ-transplants-in-a-day Spain notches up world organ transplant record Surgeons in Spain transplanted a record number of organs in 2013, the government said on Monday, keeping the country world leader in the field despite heavy health spending cuts. https://www.thelocal.es/20140113/world-leader-spain-notches-up-organ-transplant-record Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:22:56 +0100 world-leader-spain-notches-up-organ-transplant-record Spain: leader in cocaine use and organ donations Online comic and website DogHouse Diaries have put together a world map which highlights rather humorously what each country leads the world in. https://www.thelocal.es/20131105/what-spain-leads-the-world-in-cocaine-use Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:34:00 +0100 what-spain-leads-the-world-in-cocaine-use Expats jump on Spain's organ donor bandwagon Brits living in Spain are four times more likely to donate their organs than their countrymen back home. Spain's airport boom is also helping to maintain the country's position as the world's organ transplant leader. https://www.thelocal.es/20130408/transplants-take-off-thanks-to-airport-boom Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:28:00 +0200 transplants-take-off-thanks-to-airport-boom