Any good news out there?????

 

Medical Information:

You can only use NHS GP practices in Spain if you are registered with them. To register at least 1 member of your family must be officially resident in Spain and paying National Insurance. That rules most of us out.

As Max says you can call an ambulance (0034902505061 is the number on the notice board which it would be smart to store in your mobile phone). It will take you to an NHS hospital where your treatment will be covered by your European Health Insurance Card (available FOC. Apply online at www.dh.gov.uk/travellers if you haven’t got one).

If you need urgent treatment, want to use your EHIC, but calling an ambulance in not appropriate you can go to a casualty facility. I am told the nearest is at Las Lagunas Hospital which you get to by going along the N-340 to the Hipercor junction then going down towards Fuengirola. I didn’t actually go looking for it but it’s somewhere in that area.

If you have travel insurance, or are willing to pay, one of the private clinics may be more appropriate. Angels Nocturnas is English speaking and open 24\7 and comes recommended. The easiest (but not shortest) route to it is along the coast to the London Pub, turn right then right again at the traffic lights, pass Spainsbury’s on the right then the clinic is on the right. If you need to go to hospital they will direct you to the most appropriate facility so even if you have insurance carrying your EHIC card is a good idea.

This message was last edited by max! on 1/13/2008.

Q: How late closes the swimming pool? 
A: The sign says 20.00u but there is no one to close it at that time. Our security guard complained so hard about the heat at seven o'clock that the president rescheduled him to 23.00 (saving us money).

I try to convince the committee that in July and August 21.00 is a more realistic closing time (quite usual in urbanizations) and that our security guard should start at that time and close the pool.
We already had some incidents where people dived into the pool very late at night and that is a disturbance for the people living close by. It also poses a big risk as at that time alcohol will often be involved.

Just came across this interesting site: http://www.spainlawyer.com/guialegal/guialegal.cfm?IDCAPITULO=04070000 (copy & paste it in your browser if the link does not work) which has interesting information regarding the laws that govern communities and also this one:http://www.c-euro.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=37. According to the information in the 1st site (see point 10.2) it specifically states that those that are behind with their community fees can not vote for a secretary or administrator but does not mention that they are not able to vote for any other matter.

Law on Horizontal property 15.2
"Owners who are at the time of the Assembly are not current in the payment of all their debts [.........] shall be allowed to take part in discussion but shall not have the right to vote."
No restrictions on the subject of the vote given.

Max you may be right, found another site with an English translation of the actual Horizontal Property Law. This is point 15.2 in its entirety: 15.2: Unit owners who at the time of the meeting is called to order are not up-to-date with payments of outstanding community assessments and have not judicially challenged them or consigned the amount thereof in court or with the notary public shall be allowed to take part in the debates but not to vote. The minutes of the meeting shall record the names of the unit owners deprived of their voting rights, and neither the person nor the respective assessment quota shall be used to compute the quorums for majority votes prescribed in this Act.