Although payphones are increasingly unpopular and are no longer profitable for the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), they still remain in hospitals, EBAIS (Equipos Básicos de Atención Integral en Salud), indigenous areas, schools, public roads with a great number of users and prisons. Twelve percent of public telephones installed throughout the country are destined for […]
Better care during childbirth in Puntarenas
Music, pleasant aromas and relaxing massages are just some of the attentions women in labor receive in Puntarenas. According to the head of obstetrics, doctor Carla Gríos, this is an initiative aiming to provide better care during childbirth, with a change of attitude and paradigm. It is moving from a mainly biologist attention to psychological […]
American convict was finally deported
According to the Department of Immigration, John Wesley Saatio, an American arrested for being in Costa Rica illegally, was deported last Saturday at 12: 55 pm. Saatio was taken from Heredia Prison to Juan Santamaría International Airport by immigration officials, security forces and Air Surveillance. Airport authorities also contributed with the security. The process was […]
New treatment for breast cancer
285 breast cancer patients will receive a new treatment, called Trastuzumab, to protect them against viruses and bacteria for a year. After several studies on the drug, Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social (CCSS) approved its purchase. According to María del Rocío Sáenz, president of the institution, an annual $8.5 million investment will be made. The acquisition […]
Oxfam research hits pineapple producers
In Germany, a great Costa Rican pineapple consumer, two important newspapers have published an Oxfam research, in which the confederation reports bad working conditions, a huge environmental impact and popular repercussions on sowing, harvest and exportation of the product. “A bitter aftertaste” was Der Tagespiegel title report about Costa Rican pineapple production and Osnabrucker Zeitugung […]
Regulation to privatize service rates
Comisión de Control de Ingreso y Gasto Público will introduce a bill aiming to eliminate Doctor and Surgeon College’s right to establish rates and prices. Mario Redondo, president of the commission and member of Alianza Demócrata Cristiana made this information public. The legislator said the initiative would be promoted due to a 300% rate increase […]