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Magawoof closes on a paws-itive note Overcrowded A&E A lot of hot air
by the Balearic experts and which was published in the Scientific Reports journal, the atmospheric and marine disturbances following the eruption of the HungaTonga submarine volcano (Tonga archipelago, South Pacific) on January 15, 2022 were so significant that they had not occurred on Earth since the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883.
The volcanic eruption is said to have caused an atmospheric disturbance that circled the Earth at least three times, travelling at the speed of sound.
It was picked up by the largest ever number of barograph sensors throughout the world, establishing the disturbance as an extremely rare global meteotsunami phenomenon.
THE Emergency wards at hospitals in Mallorca are reporting overcrowding by tourists since the regional government stopped referring European visitors to private health centres one month ago.
Spokespeople for Son Llàtzer Hospital in Palma also report that nightliferelated accidents have shot up over the last couple of weeks in a way that they had never seen before.
Internal hospital sources reveal that since the night of Sant Joan on June 23, the emergency ward “has been chaos” with dozens of cases of drunken tourists, drug overdoses and fights.
The Medical Trade Union has confirmed that many foreign patients that last year were referred to private centres are arriving at the hospital A&E departments this year and they do not understand why the agreement between the public and private health sectors was dropped when it was “very reasonable and effective,” as reported by a local news source.
The collaboration agreement was first signed during the Covid pandemic and was officially dropped once the emergency was over, but it is reportedly in the hands of the regional government to reinstate it.
Traditional feast
HUNDREDS of followers of the Islamic faith gathered in Palma’s Germans Escales sports centre on June 28 for the traditional Eid alAdha celebration. Also known as the Feast of Sacrifice, the event is the second and largest of the two main holidays celebrated in Islam.
Retail rise
THE Balearic Islands registered the highest increase in retail sales in May with a rise of 15.2 per cent. The region also leads the way in job creation in the sector with a 5.7 per cent increase compared to last year.
Turtle facts
THE Balearic Islands Government and Palma Town Hall have created an environmental information point at the loggerhead sea turtle nesting site on Can Pere Antoni beach. The service will offer information to visitors about the species and the threats it faces until August 15.
Palma plan
A MADRID real estate company has purchased two of the last development sites in Palma to build more than 700 houses including social housing and commercial infrastructure in Son Bordoy and Son Güells areas.
French transfer
REAL MALLORCA football club has sold Kang In Lee to Paris SaintGermain for €22 million. The South Korean ace arrived in Mallorca from Valencia in 2021 and his transfer includes an agreement by the French club to hold a friendly match against Mallorca in Son Moix in January 2024.
Tight lines
FISHERMEN in Soller caught a whopping 300kilo red tuna this week. The crew of the Danagus report it took them seven hours to land the enormous fish, which iwas sold at Palma fish market for €10 a kilo.
