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…
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Surgery Waiting Time in Costa Rica Has Increased Over 100 Days
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2020/10/13The 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…
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Who Gets the Ventilators in Costa Rica?
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2020/07/19The 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…
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Fake News! Coronavirus in Costa Rica
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2020/03/05An 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…
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Costa Rica Day Hospital?
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/12/16The 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…
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Alajuela Hospital & The Problems with Appointments
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/12/12Costa 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…
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Costa Rica National Transplant Program is Failing
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/11/26The 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…
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Man Dies After Being Turned Away From Costa Rica Hospital
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/08/08The 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…