Spain's health ministry to call for masks to again be obligatory in health centres
This is primarily because of flu rather than Covid.
Mallorca health centres under pressure because of the flu
A notable increase in the number of people going to health centres.
Balearic health service asking the public to take measures against flu and Covid
Cases at present are overwhelmingly the flu; there's been very little Covid.
Over forty suspected cases of heat stroke in the Balearics this summer
Just three of these cases were confirmed.
The Balearics has the second highest life expectancy in Europe
Inhabitants of the islands are the second longest-living in Europe.
Arrested for making death threats against health personnel
The second time that the man had threatened staff.
Son Espases short of intensive care beds
The doctors union says there should be better planning for peaks that usually occur at this time of the year.
Excess mortality in the Balearics 400% higher than in 2020
"A serious and complete investigation is urgently needed" into excess mortality rates.
Mediterranean warming more rapidly than anywhere else on the planet
Among other things, The Lancet project highlights an increase in the transmission of infectious diseases.
Child in Spain wearing a mask
Young children don't have the immunological 'memory'.
Health centre in Sa Pobla, Mallorca
Lack of family doctors is a nationwide issue.
Mallorca health centres ten per cent short of doctors
Increased workloads for the doctors that there are.
Excess mortality in July second highest since the start of the pandemic
Covid, but also the heat, while there is a lack of follow-up of patients with cancer and other conditions.
A health centre in Palma, Mallorca
A health centre in Palma (archive image).
New health service call centre now operating
English and German service as well as Catalan and Castellano.
Magalluf - 80% of health emergencies in summer are tourists
"People are coming to party, but without any control."
Call centre for Mallorca primary care appointments
Up to fifty people at the call centre.
Call centre to filter Mallorca health centre appointments
Experience during the pandemic has guided improvements to the appointments' system.
Accommodation for health personnel in Ibiza
In Ibiza, there are rooms at an old hospital.
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