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Madrid bakery closed after rats caught nibbling sandwiches

A Madrid bakery has been closed by authorities after rats were filmed feasting on ham sandwiches in a display case.

Madrid bakery closed after rats caught nibbling sandwiches
The rats were caught on film by a passerby. Photo: @andrespope / Twitter

Police shut down the bakery belonging to the Granier chain on Madrid’s Calle Alcala in the early hours of Friday morning after several passersby recorded footage of the rats crawling around among the ‘bocadillos’.

The footage was posted on social media and quickly went viral.

Police visited the store in the Pueblo Nuevo district and confirmed that rats were still present in a display case visible from the store window.

Madrid city hall said the store would remain closed until a full health and safety inspection could be carried out.

Reports suggested that the rats were gaining entrance to the store through a gap in the front door and holes in the ceiling.

Granier said it had launched an internal investigation and would fully cooperate with authorities.

“This is an isolated incident that is being investigated internally to establish the causes. The more than 350 Granier stores in Spain and around the world strictly comply with all food health and safety standards,” said a statement issued by Granier headquarters.

 

    

 

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Lengthy waiting times at Danish hospitals not going away yet: minister

Danish Minister for the Interior and Health Sophie Løhde has warned that, despite increasing activity at hospitals, it will be some time before current waiting lists are reduced.

Lengthy waiting times at Danish hospitals not going away yet: minister

The message comes as Løhde was set to meet with officials from regional health authorities on Wednesday to discuss the progress of an acute plan for the Danish health system, launched at the end of last year in an effort to reduce a backlog of waiting times which built up during the coronavirus crisis.

An agreement with regional health authorities on an “acute” spending plan to address the most serious challenges faced by the health services agreed in February, providing 2 billion kroner by the end of 2024.

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The national organisation for the health authorities, Danske Regioner, said to newspaper Jyllands-Posten earlier this week that progress on clearing the waiting lists was ahead of schedule.

Some 245,300 operations were completed in the first quarter of this year, 10 percent more than in the same period in 2022 and over the agreed number.

Løhde said that the figures show measures from the acute plan are “beginning to work”.

“It’s positive but even though it suggests that the trend is going the right way, we’re far from our goal and it’s important to keep it up so that we get there,” she said.

“I certainly won’t be satisfied until waiting times are brought down,” she said.

“As long as we are in the process of doing postponed operations, we will unfortunately continue to see a further increase [in waiting times],” Løhde said.

“That’s why it’s crucial that we retain a high activity this year and in 2024,” she added.

Although the government set aside 2 billion kroner in total for the plan, the regional authorities expect the portion of that to be spent in 2023 to run out by the end of the summer. They have therefore asked for some of the 2024 spending to be brought forward.

Løhde is so far reluctant to meet that request according to Jyllands-Posten.

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