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A pink message from the south:
“GIVE US AN ONCOLOGY UNIT!”
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ORE than 5,000 people have taken to the main tourist streets of Arona and Adeje for the 2018 “Walk for Life” which this year had an even more important message if that was possible: “Bring an oncology unit to the south hospital!”
Such a facility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer is considered absolutely vital in a catchment area with so many people who currently have to travel to the north. The call for the oncology unit comes at a time when Arona council especially has voiced criticism about some of the health provision in the municipality, including the health centres in Los Cristianos
and Las Galletas. The “ Walk for Life” on Sunday formed a mass of pink as the 5,200 participants travelled the four kilometres between Arona and Adeje to spotlight on the fight against breast cancer. It started from the Golden Mile in Playa de las Americas and ended in the
plaza Salityen in Costa Adeje. The solidarity event has raised 35,500 euros which will be used for research projects and organisations that provide support to patients suffering from this disease and their families The “Carrera por la Vida” incorporated many novelties
with a massive flashmob, massive pink decorations, ecological flags rather than balloons and a huge butterfly symbol. Those present at this 14th edition included the president of the Brigitte Gypen Foundation, the Mayors of Arona, José Julián Mena, and Adeje, José Miguel R. Fraga, who joined in. The two Mayors of Adeje and Arona have vindicated the importance of having a public hospital in the south of Tenerife, with an oncological unit, in which residents can receive their treatments, close to home. Briggite Gypen, also wanted to highlight that “next year we celebrate the 15th anniversary and we will try to make it even bigger, because today the success of this event and the solidarity of all citizens has already been demonstrated and has made possible this record collection of more than 35,000 euros.” José Julián Mena said: “I wish and I ask that in the 15th edition we can say, finally, that this region has a public hospital. It is a source of pride and happiness for me to see today this Arona and this south of Tenerife, dressed as one person, with this pink shirt, which has become already, for those of us here, the colour of awareness and vindication.” “Once again, the south has demonstrated its high level of solidarity with the people who need it most, in this case with all people suffering from cancer, and more specifically with those who suffer from breast cancer and their families,” he said.
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ROBBERY TARGET
WARNING OVER ATM SCAM
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OLICE have issued a renewed alert about cash machine scams. They are urging customers to take extra special care over the Christmas period.
Bank machines, they warn, can be an easy target when in the open streets. “The best suggestion is to proceed with some precaution, especially if it is late at night or in the early hours of the morning,” said a police spokesman. “If your banking operation is correct but the cashier machine does not give you the money, DO NOT go: check that the slot is not covered, beware of volunteer helpers and call your bank,” is their advice.
COUPLE HURT IN STREET ROBBERY
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couple in their 70s had to be taken to hospital after being hurt in a violent robbery in the tourist area of Costa Adeje.
The attack, an unusual occurrence in this zone, happened just before 11pm at night in Avenida de Los Pueblos. The man, aged 77, and the 74-year-old woman were walking along the road when they were approached by at least one person who tried to tug away a purse or handbag. During the struggle, the couple received leg injuries. Medics attended, together with the police, and they were taken to a hospital centre in Playa de las Américas.