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Safer camping WANTING to ensure that those who use the three camping sites managed by the Balearic Institute of Na‐ t u r e ( I BA N AT ) c o m p l y with regulations, there will be special night surveillance during the five days of Easter and the Sant Joan festivi‐ ties. The main role of those acting as night se‐ curity (who will be brought in after day time staff have left) will be to ensure that capac‐ ity levels are not ex‐ ceeded and that campers are sensible with fires and don’t an‐ noy others by making a nuisance of themselves or be too loud. Minister for the Envi‐ ronment and Territory, Miquel Mir, called for public responsibility and said that “enjoying a protected natural space entails collective responsibilities, which are to ensure that the footprint we leave there be as small as possible and do not in‐ terfere with the conser‐ vation of the natural and heritage values of the spaces.” The three camping ar‐ eas managed by the In‐ s t i t u t e a r e S a Fo n t Coberta (with 200 places), Es Pixarells (50 places) and Marjanor with 200 more places.
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HEALTH UPGRADE Credit: Balearic Government
Issue No. 1919
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BETTER CARE: Minister Gómez confirmed the implementation of the new plan.
THE Balearic Health Ser‐ vice is to invest €47.7 million in increasing and stabilising the Pri‐ mary Care staff in Mal‐ lorca and in expanding infrastructures. In addition, it plans to improve the work‐ ing conditions of its staff as well as reform‐ ing and expanding the network of health cen‐ tres and basic units on the island. Coinciding with the National Day of Prima‐ ry Care on Tuesday April 12, Minister Pa‐ tricia Gómez and the Director General of the Health Service, Juli
Fuster, presented the details of the Plan, aimed at consolidating and increasing human resources and invest‐ ing in the reform and creation of infrastruc‐ ture. Salut expects to in‐ crease its structural workforce this year with 150 new profes‐ sionals (132 nurses and 18 doctors), who were incorporated due to the needs generated by Covid‐19, and who are joining primary care. The incorporation during 2022 of 298 pro‐ fessionals who work in
primary care of Mallor‐ ca, who went from having temporary con‐ tracts to interim con‐ tracts and therefore better job stability. A further 406 places are confirmed for pro‐ fessionals who were al‐ ready part of the pri‐ mary care staff with temporary contracts. There will be a num‐ ber of new Health Cen‐ tres built across the is‐ land and older buildings will be up‐ dated and refitted where necessary in or‐ der to offer a much better primary care service.
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Wine Fair returns ALTHOUGH due to take place last May, the an‐ n u a l P o l l e n ç a ( P o l l e n s a ) W i n e Fa i r f o r 2 0 2 1 didn’t actually happen until October of last year due to the pandemic. Despite the fact that it was very much a last‐ minute affair it managed to attract some 2,000 visitors and was considered a great success. Buoyed up by this, the organisers, the Asso‐ ciació Vi Primitiu Pollença with the support of the local council announced on Tuesday April 12 at the Hotel Son Brull that the 19th Pol‐ lença Wine Fair would be held on May 7 and 8 at the Can Conill de Pollença car park. Some 36 wineries from Mallorca will partici‐ pate as well as 21 from the Catalonian DO re‐ gion of Montsant together with some other Spanish wineries. Open from 10am to 10.30pm on the Saturday and 10am to 10pm on the Sunday, admission costs €15 per person which will include one glass of wine plus a souvenir bag. Josep Bibiloni President of the Associació Vi Primitiu Pollença explained that there would be between 275 and 300 different wines to taste and said “This fair is very useful for the sector, as we have had a very bad time during these two years that we have been unem‐ ployed. “Visitors will have the privilege of tasting the first vintages of 2021, as they are bottled and ready to go.”