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><channel><title>Tenerife Tattle &#187; Medical</title> <atom:link href="http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/category/health-medical-tenerife/medical/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>Tenerife Hospital Overflow in Event of Widespread H1N1 Infection</title><link>http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/2009/08/tenerife-hospital-overflow-in-event-of-widespread-h1n1-infection/</link> <comments>http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/2009/08/tenerife-hospital-overflow-in-event-of-widespread-h1n1-infection/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:44:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Health and Medical]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tenerife]]></category> <category><![CDATA[H1N1]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hospitals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mahon]]></category><guid
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=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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isPermaLink="false">http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/?p=822</guid> <description><![CDATA[I posted about the first two cases of H1N1 in Tenerife some weeks ago and I think because of that a lot of people are finding their way to the door of Tenerife Tattle with related search terms like H1N1 Tenerife, or swine flu in Tenerife.
As far as I know the latest head count &#8211; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/?p=650</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Consejería de Sanidad of the Canary Islands Government is investigating two new cases of suspected H1N1 (otherwise know as swine flu) report Diario de Avisos. The article roughly translates to say that one person is a youngster who is being treated at Hospital Universitario de Canarias in Tenerife and was recently in Mexico and <a
href='http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/2009/05/two-cases-of-suspected-h1n1-in-the-canary-islands/'>[...]</a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/2009/05/two-cases-of-suspected-h1n1-in-the-canary-islands/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hospital Construction Tenerife South</title><link>http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/2009/01/hospital-construction-tenerife-south/</link> <comments>http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/2009/01/hospital-construction-tenerife-south/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:17:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tenerife]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://hammia.wordpress.com/2009/01/22/hospital-construction-tenerife-south/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The construction site of the new hospital has long been a source of exasperation and heartbreak to residents in the South of Tenerife. While it sits there as dead as any ghost town, residents in the South are sent  North to join increasingly long queues for treatment up there.
Forward appointments at the current clinic <a
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