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Vol. 9 Issue 222 www.theolivepress.es
September 17th - September 30th 2015
Corbyn’s battle for war Brigades NEW British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is fighting to retain a University of Madrid memorial to the International Brigades. The veteran MP and activist, who won this month’s Labour leadership election, tabled a parliament Early Day Motion demanding the Spanish Supreme Court retain the memorial. Many UK volunteers were killed around the university district during the vicious 1936 civil war defence of Madrid. But despite this, a Madrid high court
ordered the memorial’s removal, claiming the body didn’t have planning permission. The university insisted it had, in fact, applied twice to then PP-led city council, before finally erecting it in 2011. It was unveiled with four surviving Brigadistas, including British member David Lomon. Around 4,000 British people joined the International Brigades to fight Franco’s forces, with hundreds dying in Spain. The Islington MP Corbyn Continued Page 9
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Expat sues hospital after translation mix up leads to an ‘unnecessary’ double mastectomy
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16th September
A BRITISH expat is suing a Spanish hospital after a translation mix up resulted in her having an ‘unnecessary’ double mastectomy. Teresa Tarry, 49, has gone through ‘eight years of hell’ after surgery for a benign lump in 2007. Left with 55% incapacity following the operation, mother-of-two Tarry was led to believe she had a cancerous tumour in her right breast. However, weeks later she discovered the lump was, in fact, not cancerous and doctors at A Coruna’s Abente y Lago hospital had misinterpreted her medical records. It emerged that while undergoing preventative treatment, a translation mix up had led doctors to believe that both Tarry’s mother and sister had suffered from breast cancer. In reality, Tarry – who moved to Spain from Manchester in 2000 – has no immediate family history of cancer and it was therefore unnecessary to remove her breasts. “I have never gone through such a torrid time,” Tarry told the Olive Press. “I came to Spain to start a new life. In reality
it has been an eight-year living hell.” She added: “The operation has left me completely broken. My self-confidence is shattered, I can’t even touch myself, let alone let someone else touch me.” Tarry is set to have her case heard at trial next month and is seeking €600,000 in compensation for negligent practice.
Incapacity
Forced to quit her job as a chamber maid, due to her reduced mobility, Tarry has been living off just €190 a month in incapacity benefits plus savings since 2007. She claims the hospital never provided her with a translator, despite her Spanish being ‘very limited’ at the time. The hospital, however, insisted that they ‘always provide translators when requested’. “We cannot comment on this individual case,” a hospital spokesman told the Olive Press, last night. Opinion Page 6
Hit-andrun tragedy
British lad left for dead in heartless late-night crash Page 14
Whats the hold up?
Kaiser Chief’s Ricky Wilson on the edge at Gib Music Fest Page 20
Cooks to the stars
Which Costa chefs wowed Kate Moss and the Queen? Pages 36 and 38