Health · El Hierro · 13.11, 17:20
Hospital on El Hierro overcrowded due to migrant arrivals
332 migrants arrived at the port of La Restinga on El Hierro in 4 boats over 24 hours. Medical infrastructure and first aid points on the island are full.
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8 of 31 beds in the local hospital are currently occupied by people needing hospitalisation. The most serious cases are being redirected to centres on other islands. Consejera de Sanidad Esther Monzón confirmed the need to strengthen human and financial resources and expand the hospital in La Restinga.
Boats with 332 people, including 25 minors, arrived on the island in previous days during extreme weather conditions.
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