How does the Catalan healthcare system work?
Anyone living in Catalonia can access the public health system, regardless of residency status
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Barcelona residents call for better public healthcare system
Neighbors argue government recognizes a service quality loss but do not act on it
Positive self-performed antigen tests will now be considered valid for health department
Catalonia’s health authorities will not require another test in these cases and the person should self-isolate
24 people used the euthanasia law in Catalonia to end their lives in the last six months
Public health authorities received over 50 requests, the vast majority coming from primary care centers
60 to 69 age group can already get booster shots as vaccination centers reopen
Catalonia doing better than northern Europe but officials warn of worsening Covid figures
Vaccinated foreigners without health cards outraged at inability to get EU certificate
Catalan authorities "working" to solve issue as Spain says it offers alternative but only for those with electronic IDs
Catalonia to begin making respirators with 3D printers
Public-private partnership will see production of 50 to 100 such devices instrumental for intensive care units
Spanish police 'beat people' and 'pulled them by the hair,' say referendum voters
In day 38 of Catalan trial, people at polling places for 2017 independence vote report "very violent conduct" from officers
First confirmed infantile death from enterovirus in Catalonia
The first fatal victim of enterovirus has been confirmed this Tuesday in Catalonia. The victim was a baby who had been admitted to Parc Taulí Hospital in Sabadell, suffering from flu and vomiting followed by somnolence and flaccidity, on the 31st of July and who died on Monday, Catalonia’s Health Department confirmed. “This is the first case in which we have been able to identify the virus, which was A-71”, CatSalut director, Josep Maria Argimon, explained. 110 enterovirus-related cases have been found in Catalonia since April and another baby is currently in the hospital as well. During a press conference this Tuesday, the head of paediatrics at Barcelona Vall d’Hebron Hospital, Carlos Rodrigo, pointed to the fact that only between 3% and 5% of enterovirus cases end up being fatal.