Helicopter rescues hikers €150,000 compensation

THE 112 services of the Generalitat Valenciana confirmed just after 3pm on Sunday, April 2, that a forest fire had been declared near the Valencian town of Barx.

Due to the proximity of the fire to forested areas that could affect the local population, Situation 1 of the PEIF was established. Three units were initially deployed by the Generalitat, but within 30 minutes, 112 had to redouble its efforts in the La Safor region, tripling the dispatched resources.

In addition to dealing with extinguishing the fire, the Generalitat personnel had to rescue seven people by helicopter. These included six hikers who were walking at the top of Monduver at the time the forest fire was declared. A fire prevention officer was also among those evacuated.

By 4pm, the magnitude of the blaze was such that the column of smoke was visible from the city of Valencia. As a result, 112 announced a new increase in the resources being sent to tackle the outbreak.

Another forest fire was declared on the same day near the Costa Blanca town of Altea, although it was quickly dealt with and extinguished. Firefighting personnel were also deployed to deal with a fire that broke out close to the Sierra Calderona, in Estivella.

THE Superior Court of Justice of Madrid (TSJM) ordered the Community of Madrid on Monday, April 3, to pay €150,000 in compensation to a patient who was infected with HIV during a CT scan at the Gregorio Marañon hospital in Madrid.

An appeal from the patient ­ which had initially requested €400,000 in compensation ­ was partially upheld, with the court condemning the administration for ‘causing this disease’.

She underwent a contrast CT scan in September 2018, prior to surgery for ‘ovarian carcinoma, peritoneal carcinomatosis and tumour ascites’. When kidney problems were detected in December 2018, the infection was confirmed.

At the time, the Community of Madrid did not assume any error and decided not to compensate the patient, so she went to court, as reported by a news source.

The Madrid High Court ruled that: “the existence of two positive cases of HIV on the date on which the CT scan was performed on the plaintiff and the acknowledgement by the administration of failures in work procedures (which determined the outbreak of hepatitis C infection), lead them to consider plausible the hypothesis that the plaintiff was infected as a result of this test.”