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San Juan de Dios and Calderón Guardia hospitals urgently need blood donors

August 16, 2017 by Staff News Writer

Calderón Guardia and San Juan de Dios hospitals need blood of all types, especially 0 positive, to be able to carry on with pending surgeries. According to information from the medical centers, in recent days they have performed several procedures that required large amounts of blood and that caused the reservations to decrease considerably. In […]

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Increase in infant mortality is “not significant”, according to INEC

August 16, 2017 by Staff News Writer

Mario Redondo, from the Christian Democratic Alliance party, said he would demand explanations from the Health authorities for an alleged increase in child mortality. According to the information in the hands of the legislator, the Inter-annual Infant Mortality Rate of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC), for the period from July 2016 to […]

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Mass fish death reported in Limón

August 16, 2017 by Staff News Writer

On Wednesday, the Ecological Federation (FECON) reported the massive death of fish in Laguna Madre de Dios, located in Batán de Limón and associated with the Tortuguero canals. According to the organization for the conservation and study of the environment, last weekend it received reports from neighbors, fishermen and tour operators who warned about a […]

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Project to encourage use of electric transport moves forward

August 16, 2017 by Staff News Writer

The bill that aims to encourage the use of electric transport took a positive step on Wednesday in the Legislative Assembly. The Congressional Government and Administration Commission approved a text with modifications to exempt electric vehicles or zero emission vehicles from the payment of sales taxes, selective consumption taxes and customs taxes. It also rejected […]

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