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It has been announced this week that the Torrevieja Health Department (Salud 22) is officially the best in the whole of the Valencian Community. According to the report, the department achieved, and in most cases surpassed, all of its 2009 objectives. The 1,250 health professionals who work within the department looked after 172,891 patients and it was the top department out of all 23 health departments in the region.
The general manager of Torrevieja Hospital said; “We are satisfied with the results of this report. We have reduced the average stay at the hospital to just four days, which no other hospital in Valencia has achieved.” He added: “This is especially significant as the Health Department 22 area also has the oldest population in the community, with 24% over 65; the average in other areas is only 17%. We also have a vast variety of nationalities amongst our patients, whom we accommodate to the very best of our ability.” He concluded: “I am also aware that the excellent technology we have in this hospital and within the health department area in general has allowed us to achieve and surpass the objectives and targets that were set for us last year.”

What is it and why do I need one?

This is a document which resumes the confirmation from the Town Hall that the property is ready for habitation, and it is applied once the property is finished with the Final Works License (Certificado Final de Obra), and inscribed in the land registry with the New Building Declaration-DON (Declaración de Obra Nueva).
You need this document to obtain the permission of the Town Hall to live live in the house. Before you  get it, what you have a is a construction, but not a “house”.
 This document will be necessary to obtain the individual supply of the utilities on your name, and with “house” use.
This document is then extremely important to get the electric and water contracts on individuals name. Before the builder obtains the certificate of habitation, there could be water and electric supply in the construction, because, is normal that the builder obtains this supply to make the works (for the tolls, machinery, etc.). But the supply obtained from the builder is a supply for “works”, but not for “house”.
Sometimes, buyers or promoters are left in their properties with electric and water supply for works use for years, because the builder did not obtain the proper CH (Certificate of Habitation). They have water and electric, but in a very poor condition and more expensive than the normal supply for a house.
In order to guarantee you, as buyer or promoter, that the builder will obtain the proper CH, it will be recommendable to leave a part of the payment of the price when the CH is obtained. It will force the builder to work right and to do his best to get this document asap. You cannot legally sell a property whith out this document.
If you are living in a property at the moment that does not have a cedula, or you have lost or never received a cedula, then you can enquire about this by contacting the technical department at your local town hall. When you aplly for it, have your passport, NIE number and title deeds ready. It also does not hurt to bring your recent water and electricity bills, as well as the last SUMA bill for your property.

Up to 400,000 people gathered in the vicinity of the Plaza del Ayuntamiento de Alicante yesterday (Easter Sunday) for the traditional coming of the risen Lord and Our Lady of Joy, which culminated in thousands of onlookers celebrating the end of the Easter processions.

After the triumphant arrival in Jerusalem on the back of the donkey and a whole week of eternal passion, the throne of Jesus returned to the city centre in a day marked by intense heat and the thousands of faithful who were eager to witness the encounter between the two where the culmination of Holy Week was marked, as required by tradition, by the final Days of Passion.

The sombre mood of recent days gave way to colorful floral displays and faces of joy at the arrival of a risen Jesus. The throne started it’s journey at the gates of the Cathedral of St. Nicholas from where it was accompanied by the chairman of the Holy Week Celebrations, Manuel Ricarte and dignitaries from the civil authorities.

Scheduled to begin at 11.30, the procession eventually got underway following several minutes of delay. After being shown off through the city streets mother and son finally met up in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, which yesterday offered some of the very best spectacles of the past few years.