Families are often peculiar groups of people and last week in Torrevieja there was a good example of family disloyalty.A man took his 61 year old mother to Torrevieja hospital,suffering from malnutrition and dehydration after she had stopped eating.It appears that she had been brought to Spain by the son and had then refused to eat.
The woman was in hospital for 5 days and had recovered enough to be sent home.She was taken to the home of the son in Torrevieja but he would not take her in.He sent her back to hospital.As she was then in good health the hospital contacted the police who returned her to her son.She was turned away once again.
The police then filed an official complaint od abandonment of a family member.The son was due to appear in court but failed to turn up.The lady was finally repatriated to the UK by the British consulate in Alicante.It seems that the son wanted no contact with his mother or the hospital.The man is now to be taken before a judge in July,if he does not turn up then a search and arrest warrant will be given.
