The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) has set the protocol with which IVF is applied in the country. Fiorella Bagnarello, coordinator of IVF Commission in the Fund, explained how to operate these processes. The protocol included the arrival of new medicines and supplies to the country, which are in the process of registration. Seven […]
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Cold front will stay until Wednesday
The National Meteorological Institute (IMN) reported that the conditions of the cold front that affects the country will remain until Wednesday morning. The front is going to continue today and it will begin to move away tomorrow. However, conditions will be improving gradually, and the gusts are not as strong,” said Juan Diego Naranjo, meteorologist. […]
Dog rescued in the middle of Hurricane Otto reunited with family
Last Saturday the community of Upala witnessed the return of the dog Russell, who was reunited with his family after being rescued by Ricardo Hernández, from the Red Cross, amid relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Otto. Russell was stuck in the mud and a girl in tears asked the rescuer to save him: […]
Antonio Álvarez Desanti gives up his legislator’s salary but not his seat
The president of the Legislative Assembly and presidential candidate for the National Liberation Party (PLN) Party, Antonio Álvarez Desanti, gave up his MP salary over the next three months. This was confirmed by the legislator before his registration for the political grouping in the Liberationist House Jose Figueres Ferrer. However, Álvarez ruled out leaving his […]
Patient will not have to wait until 2025 for an ultrasound
The claim of a woman named Chacón was heard by the judges of the Constitutional Court and she no longer has to wait until 2025 to get an abdominal ultrasound. The judges ordered the director of the Marcial Fallas Clinic to immediately arrange for the patient to get the prescribed abdominal ultrasound in no longer […]
La Platina Bridge will be closed for 24 hours
The bridge over Virilla River will remain closed from 9:00 a.m. on Thursday until 9:00 a.m. on Friday. The closure will be in the direction Alajuela-San José and it is part of the expansion work for the bridge to be ready in February. The MOPT also announced the closure of one lane in the direction […]