agoreira

It's a bit like a finca, I tended to think of it as a country estate/farm sort of thing, but if you look up the meaning it gives farm, country estate, building, property in the campo etc. Cortijo and finca sounds much better than a house though!

Tele Addict

I was looking at the bank website (La Caixa) and they were advertising repossessions on there. Reasonable 4 bedroom houses in La Romana (Alicante province) for 40k. Even at that price I doubt there'll be a queue though; not to live there anyway.

Rotor

The way things are going you`ll proberley buy two for 70 k !!!!

pip001

well we havnt got to worry about that as brought ours out right and do not have that many neigbours either as high up the hill side but still have friends down the bottom of our track who have a 5 bedroom casa

agoreira

I don't think anyone was worrying about it, but on what is your opinion based? Personal knowledge, hearsay, scientific fact? I don't know, I haven't tried the Spanish Health Service, but it seems to get good feedback, you might be right.
The "experts" that rate world hospitals though give UK eight in the top 100 in Europe and Spain gets one, Barcelona.
http://hospitals.webometrics.info/top500_europe.asp

pip001

mine is based on part what i have heard about and the rest experience as was in motril hospital earler for treatment myself i would say though its easier if you can converse in spanish though

pip001

but what i would say is having been in hospital for over 2 months in the uh and one of them in intensive care and died fo 10 mins i cannot complain about the uk as they was good as well then another month in a care home learning to walk again

agoreira

People can only form their opinions on the treatment they receive, and that can vary a great deal. Some will have had great service from both health services, and some bad, it can all depend on the hospital, the doctor, all manner of things really, we can only speak as we find. I was reading a blog by Spanish correspondent based in London, and she was not over happy with her experiences there, but someone, a Spanish lady, wrote in to describe her experience of the NHS (including cancer treatment) and she thought it was all brilliant. She wrote at length to praise everything about the service, even down to free taxi's to take her home from hospital!

pip001

yes i have to agree the same the whole world over really

cricketman

Health systems have only been ranked once - and this was 10 years ago by the WHO. Spain and UK both did fairly well with Spain ranked 7th in the world and UK 18th.

jackytoo

http://www.diariosur.es/v/20100322/m...-20100322.html

A horror story today, according to comments it is not the first time this has happened.

We are off-topic as usual but for what it's worth there are as many complaints in Spain as there are in the UK. It does depend on your experience. The CDS hospital is modern and inspires confidence, The ones in Málaga appear awful, Victorian like, dirt encrusted skirting boards etc. I was there a couple of years ago and there was a lock down as a Gypsy woman had died through negligence and the extended family was stoning the windows and attacking staff.

pip001

i dont thimk we are of topic that far as all forums go off topic all the times, all i was saying was my findings as to the treatment i had reciveved and also info from a friend from the same hospital in motril, have had as good in uk as well but spain was better than i thought , but as they say differerent places not the same results . the old sayining of horses for courses springs to mind

jdr

You should of gone to Specsavers.

missile

As I said my opinion is based on personal experience
[QUOTE=missile;8438250]I have had a spell in hospital in UK and in spain. I would suggest you should have no concern regarding the quality of healthcare in spain.[QUOTE

jackytoo

Of course we are off topic aren't we discussing

CAN BUY A HOUSE FOR 70K IN SPAIN