Admissions of women with false labor have been reduced by 30% in Guápiles Hospital since they opened a special room equipped for pregnant women’s needs. This room is part of the emergency room, where these women are assessed by professionals in nursing and medicine, they are given a fetal monitoring and if necessary, a consultation […]
Archives for July 2016
Industry claims there is no subsidy for gas and bunker
Enrique Egloff, president of the Chamber of Industries, said it is not true that private companies consume bunker and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) subsidized by the state. The prices we pay are not the lowest. With the decree we simply achieved prices closer to international costs,” said Egloff. The industry representative said that with the […]
MEP awaits results on rape case
Four months after the alleged sexual abuse of a 15-year-old girl by one of her teachers at the Technical College José Figueres Ferrer, in Desamparados, the Ministry of Public Education (MEP) is awaiting the results of the investigation from the Court. As reported in the Department of Disciplinary Management Ministry, the teacher is kept under […]
Former presidents support Christiana Figueres
Former Costa Rican presidents sent a letter to President Luis Guillermo Solís in which they expressed their support and satisfaction for the Government’s decision of nominating Christiana Figueres as Secretary-General of the U.N. The letter was signed by Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez, Óscar Arias Sánchez, Rafael Ángel Calderón, José María Figueres, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Abel […]
Hospital de Día: an outpatient center in Guápiles
Hospital de Día, near Guápiles Medical Center, aims to reduce complications and the amount of patients in Emergency services. Medical center director, doctor Iliana Musa, said that this service is available for those patients who require daily hospital care but who can receive an outpatient treatment. As a result, they can go home to have […]
Tremor in San José
According to a OVSICORI-UNA report, there was a tremor in the West of San José. It registered 3.1 on the Richter scale. It was recorded 2 kilometers southeast of Colón de Mora, where social network users indicated that a “boom” was perceived. The tremor occurred at 10:28 p.m. on Wednesday and it was reported that […]