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 Daily news from the Canaries and the islands' biggest English language newspaper on-line Court ruling Separated twins compensation Spain’s Supreme Court has finally brought to an end the long-running compensation case involving twins from Gran Canaria who were split up due to a hospital mix-up nearly four decades ago. 
The bizarre bungle only came to light when a shop assistant in Las Palmas served a woman she was convinced was a close friend and was puzzled that the latter did not acknowledge her. Hurt by the snub, she later called her friend only to learn that the woman had not been to the shop. By coincidence, the mystery shopper returned a few days later to exchange the clothes purchased and was confronted by the sales assistant about her identity. The assistant later introduced the two identical women, who were amazed at the similarities in their voices, mannerisms and the way they walked. Following their dramatic reunion, all three women affected by the bungle sued the Canarian Health Service, which refused to pay compensation on the grounds that the guilty hospital was run by the Spanish Ministry of Health at the time. However, after a series of appeals the Supreme Court has now awarded €900,000 to the twins to compensate them for the trauma of their separation. One of the twins has needed extensive psychological help since the life-shattering discovery. Her lawyer said she had been, “deprived of her identity for her entire life and missed out on the chance to live with her biological family due to a massive blunder by the hospital. Her real father died before the mistake was discovered. It’s much more than just psychological damage.” This article appears in the print edition 608 of Island Connections
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