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May 09 - Isobel Ellul-Hammond MBE: May Questions to Parliament

Gibraltar Politics - GSDFor May’s session of Parliament, Opposition Spokesman for Health, Isobel Ellul-Hammond, will be asking the Minister for Health, Dr Cortes, to explain the equipment, care pathway and training for upper body lymphoedema treatments to breast cancer sufferers and survivors. Further questions will include when the hydrotherapy pool at St Bernard’s Hospital will be opened for those who need it; what the contingency is when an emergency ambulance is called and they are otherwise engaged and unable to attend; whether the plastic surgery initiative will continue at Xanit Hospital and what the system is for a patient seen at A&E, and then found needing secondary care or further tests, but not necessarily immediately.

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May 09 External Refurbishment Of Kingsway House, Alameda Estate

Almeda EstateH.M. Government of Gibraltar is pleased to announce the commencement of the external refurbishment of Kingsway House as part of the refurbishment programme of Alameda Estate.

The works will consists of minor repairs to the external building fabric, the rerendering and waterproofing of the external elevation and the replacement of the waterproofing covering to the roof terraces which will eliminate the current problems of water penetration being experienced by some tenants.

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May 09 Government of Gibraltar Donates Ambulance

Government of GibraltarThe Minister for Health & the Environment, Dr John Cortes, has announced the Donation of an Ambulance to the Municipality of Oued Laou a coastal village close to Tetuan, Morocco. The donation has come about as a result of a request for assistance by the head of the village council Mayor Mohamed Melahi.

The Ambulance will be handed over to the village’s local representative in Gibraltar Mr Abel Suisi and Mr Mohamed Bentaleb. Oued Laou is situated in the Moroccan Mediterranean Coast approximately 45km south west of Tetuan. This village has a population of just over 8,400 people and its main activities are fishing and tourism.

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