how to avoid being sent to private medical facilities when being taken ill on holiday

Yes, go direct to canal Salat,if you have to have an ambulance tell them to take you there,don't go to Clinica Menorca, its private.  Take your insurance details with you or the European health card. Also don't go to the little satellite offices called juaneda, it's the same group,you will be charged to see the doctor and have to claim it back.  A minor health problem can be dealt with at any chemist, the one in cala blanca is exceptional,he speaks English