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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - privatizations]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sponsoring sections of coastal paths: SOS Costa Brava's new strategy against privatization and neglect]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/girona/sponsoring-sections-of-coastal-paths-sos-costa-brava-s-new-strategy-against-privatization-and-neglect_130_5645758.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/0044cdca-e9ae-4826-94fd-bbf55e8987aa_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Taking responsibility for a specific section of the coastal path, inspecting it regularly, and reporting any illegal closures or deterioration that impedes access. This is the mission that SOS Costa Brava wants to entrust to the future "godparents" of the coastal paths, a new role with which the environmental organization intends to strengthen the monitoring of these historic routes along the sea and guarantee the public's right to walk freely and without obstacles.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marta Costa-Pau]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:32:18 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The Golfet macro chalet, which cuts one of the coastal paths that connects Golfet beach and Cala Estreta (Palafrugell, Mont-ras and Palamós).]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The "godfathers" will have to conduct on-site inspections and report any irregularities they detect.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Privately managed public hospitals: Is a Torrejón case possible in Catalonia?]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/society/privately-managed-public-hospitals-is-torrejon-case-possible-in-catalonia_1_5591810.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/5554c8b0-aebb-49b8-8590-863cda9dd84d_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Neglecting to treat sick people in order to earn more money goes against the ethical principles and professional conduct of doctors, and yet this is what was allegedly happening in at least one hospital in the Community of Madrid for months. These past few weeks have set off alarm bells throughout the public healthcare system as a result of... <a href="https://en.ara.cat/society/privatized-hospital-that-turns-away-patients-opens-new-war-between-ayuso-and-the-left_1_5581861.html" >the Torrejón de Ardoz Hospital scandal</a>A publicly owned but privately managed center, where the directive was allegedly to reject unprofitable patients or procedures in order to lengthen waiting lists and increase profits. This information has ignited yet another political battle between the governments of Isabel Díaz Ayuso and Pedro Sánchez, but it has also reopened the debate about the provision of services in the public healthcare system.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Albert Diumenjó Segalà]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 13 Dec 2025 20:00:45 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Exterior view of the University Hospital of Torrejón (Madrid), where on Thursday, February 27, two new patients tested positive for coronavirus, without having traveled to any high-risk country.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Unions and employers' associations assess the risk of irregular practices in the Catalan and Madrid models]]></subtitle>
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