The CCSS funded 15,000 prostheses to help those hard of hearing. This sounds good on the surface but the Costa Rican Association of Therapists is against this move. Let’s look…
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Liposuction Lost Of Life in Costa Rica
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/02/28A 28-year-old woman, Eileen Bravo Córdoba, lost her life shortly after undergoing liposuction at the Habibi Clinic in Escazú. She suffered a cardiac arrest but overcame it. It happened again…
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CCSS Healthcare Scam in Costa Rica
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/02/24A businessman is being charged of 100 crimes of fraud against the CCSS. He is accused of charging supplies for fake patients. The man worked as a manager of Synthes,…
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Do You Like Pigeons in Your Hospital Room in Costa Rica?
by admin 2019/02/11Several patients and relatives took pictures and recorded videos of pigeons in the halls and even in bed with a patient in the Hospital Mexico. These have been circulating social…
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Investment in Costa Rica’s in Vitro Fertilization Center
by admin 2019/02/07The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) has invested $2.3 million into a new in vitro fertilization center known as the High Complexity Reproductive Medicine Unit, which is at the…
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Black Market Cosmetic Surgeries in Costa Rica
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2018/11/13Costa Rica Healthcare – The College of Doctors is taking measures to prevent further cases of cosmetic surgeries being done without the appropriate training and licenses. The Medical Association is looking…
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Costa Rica News – Some Costa Rica vacations do not end up the way they were planned.
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Costa Rica’s Hospital Mexico Upgrades
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2018/06/20Costa Rica News – Hospital Mexico is looking forward to having a tower of 21 operating rooms and an Intensive Care unit in 20 months.