costa rica hospitals

The Marcial Fallas Clinic serves more patients than many regional and peripheral hospitals do. This Centro de Atención Integral en Salud (CAIS) had a waiting list of 23,300 people in…

The waiting time for surgeries in the CCSS has increased significantly, on average, 105 days, due to covid-19. Pandemic related cases have taken priority. While emergency, trauma, and cancer surgeries…

The Costa Rican Social Security Fund has had to prepare for making tough decisions in worst case scenarios that might arise as covid-19 cases increase. These protocols are not meant…

An official from San Juan de Dios leaked false information, by sharing a photo of a patient’s lab test and audios from staff, creating panic that the coronavirus Covid-19 had…

The CCSS is planning to use the “day hospital” modality of care more and more. It also plans to treat more patients in their homes. Starting in Calderón Guardia Hospital…

Costa Rica News – The Alajuela Hospital has mismanaged its resources to the extent that 16,000 appointments were wasted in just the last six months. This is happening at the…

The national transplant program has been failing in so many ways. One of the results of these failures is that the number of people waiting for organs has doubled in…

The strike to protect the rights of some is putting the rights of all of us at risk. A man died after being turned away from the San Rafael de…