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><channel><title>Tenerife Tattle &#187; Health and Medical</title> <atom:link href="http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/category/health-medical-tenerife/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.tenerife-tattle.com</link> <description>Hanging Out in Tenerife - Tenerife through the eyes of a Scottish expat, mother of two...</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:42:16 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1</generator> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Specs for Less in Tenerife</title><link>http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/2010/01/specs-for-less-in-tenerife/</link> <comments>http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/2010/01/specs-for-less-in-tenerife/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:44:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Family]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Health and Medical]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Santa Cruz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shopping]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tenerife]]></category> <category><![CDATA[afflelou]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bargain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[carrefour]]></category> <category><![CDATA[glasses]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spectacles]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/?p=1423</guid> <description><![CDATA[It has been some time since my last pair of glasses gave up the ghost. I&#8217;m not sure if the final straw was when my son accidentally dropped them in the toilet or if it was the dog sooking off the elastoplast that held the glasses&#8217; legs on that finally did it but finally, sadly, <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/?p=1301</guid> <description><![CDATA[The death of a three year old girl in the Costa Del Silencio, of suspected child abuse, has left the community in shock. Admitted to Mahon on Wednesday in cardiac arrest, the child&#8217;s body was found to have marks of a suspicious nature and the police were called in.
The 25 year old boyfriend of the <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/?p=1289</guid> <description><![CDATA[The tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004 killed 230,000 people. The enormity of the loss of life is hard to digest.  It is hard to believe that that many people lost their lives in one cataclysmic event. But is it any easier to imagine the 260,000 men who will die in Western Europe this <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/?p=1050</guid> <description><![CDATA[As part of the overall preparation plan should there be widespread infection with the H1N1 virus the government are considering an action plan which would involve moving non-infectious and elderly patients to non-clinical facilities like hotels, gymnasiums and schools to free up hospital beds for the victims of the pandemic.
However overly dramatic this may seem <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/?p=863</guid> <description><![CDATA[A young Tenerfeño girl is currently hospitalised in a Paris clinic in a chronic condition after showing symptoms similar to those caused by H1N1. She is one of 30 Canarian kids who are visiting France on a language course organised by the Tenerife Cabildo. They have been in the French capital for 5 days.
14 other <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/?p=857</guid> <description><![CDATA[The European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) which replaced the E111 in 2006  can be used to cover any necessary medical treatment due to either an accident or illness while on holiday in Tenerife (or elsewhere within the European Economic Area and Switzerland).
Not all  services you would expect within the UK will be covered and you <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/?p=841</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Health for the Canary Islands reported that as of today there are now 31 cases of H1N1 in the islands.
The province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has seen 18 of these cases most of which have fully recovered and only four which were admitted to hospital. Of these one has already been <a
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