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 New life: Spanish man gets long-awaited heart transplant call just as wife gives birth He was just about to witness the birth of his first child when the call he'd been waiting to get for ten years came: doctors had found him a compatible heart and were ready to do the transplant. https://www.thelocal.es/20210409/life-changing-spanish-man-gets-long-awaited-heart-transplant-just-as-wife-gives-birth Fri, 09 Apr 2021 19:40:36 +0200 life-changing-spanish-man-gets-long-awaited-heart-transplant-just-as-wife-gives-birth 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 Spain breaks its own record to stay global leader in organ transplants Spain has remained world leader when it comes to the number of transplants carried out for the 24th year running, new figures have revealed. https://www.thelocal.es/20150902/spain-breaks-its-own-transplant-record-to-remain-global-leader Wed, 02 Sep 2015 13:26:11 +0200 spain-breaks-its-own-transplant-record-to-remain-global-leader Spain performs first all-robot transplant in EU Doctors in Barcelona have successfully conducted Europe’s first transplant completely performed by robotic surgery. https://www.thelocal.es/20150716/spain-performs-first-all-robot-transplant-in-eu Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:08:21 +0200 spain-performs-first-all-robot-transplant-in-eu Is NHS depriving Spain of its own nursing staff? Spain needs 140,000 more nurses to meet the European Union average, yet it is losing more and more each month to the NHS. https://www.thelocal.es/20150507/spain-needs-more-nurses-to-meet-eu-average Thu, 07 May 2015 18:15:54 +0200 spain-needs-more-nurses-to-meet-eu-average Hospital conducts 'most complex' face transplant A Spanish hospital said on Monday it has successfully carried out the world's most complex face transplant, reconstructing the lower face, neck, mouth, tongue and back of the throat of a man terribly disfigured by disease. https://www.thelocal.es/20150331/barcelona-hospital-conducts-most-complex-face-transplant Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:17:36 +0200 barcelona-hospital-conducts-most-complex-face-transplant Doctors 'cure' HIV patient with blood transplant Spanish scientists are hopeful blood transplants from the umbilical cord of people with genetic resistance to HIV could provide a future treatment option in the battle against the Aids-causing virus after managing to 'cure' a patient in just three months. https://www.thelocal.es/20141106/doctors-cure-hiv-patient-with-blood-transplant Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:00:00 +0100 doctors-cure-hiv-patient-with-blood-transplant Cops catch woman flogging sister's kidney A 34-year-old woman has been arrested in the north-central Spanish city of Soria after she tried to sell her sister’s kidney for €400,000 to “anybody who needs it”. https://www.thelocal.es/20130529/woman-flogging-sisters-kidney-arrested Wed, 29 May 2013 13:42:00 +0200 woman-flogging-sisters-kidney-arrested