CCSS treating two more cases of buttocks infections
Email this page April 12th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Two more patients are being treated in CCSS hospitals for infections in their buttocks after undergoing cosmetic medical procedures. The information comes according to the chief of surgery at the San Juan de Dios Hospital, Eliezer Jimenez, after the death of a special education teacher who died […]
Woman dies after complications caused by buttocks injection
Email this page April 11th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A 33-year-old woman from Perez Zeledon, identified by the last name Granados, died at 10pm Tuesday night at the San Juan de Dios Hospital, apparently the victim of substances which were injected in her buttocks at a cosmetic clinic in downtown San Jose. The press office of […]
Number of dengue cases skyrockets over last year
Email this page April 10th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Nearly 7,000 people have or have had dengue so far this year, and just this figure represents an increase of 300% over the number of cases reported last year, according to the CCSS. This is the third highest number of infections seen in the past ten years. […]
About 30% of Costa Ricans will be obese by 2015
Email this page April 1st, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), 29.8% of Costa Ricans will be obese by 2015. The WHO said that misinformation about the causes of obesity and how to combat it is part of the problem leading to widening waistlines in Costa Rica and other […]
Costa Rica records lowest level of infant mortality in its history
Email this page April 1st, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The infant mortality rate in Costa Rica in 2012 was 8.51 per thousand births, which is the lowest figure in its history, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC). The 8.51 recorded last year is less than the 8.84 figure in 2009, which was […]
Canadian man recovering after snakebite left him weeping blood
Email this page March 22nd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A Canadian man who suffered a potentially deadly snake bite while visiting Costa Rica is recovering in a hospital in the city of Vancouver in his home country, thanks to the quick action of a medical team and an emergency flight to Seattle to retrieve an antidote to […]
Number of people over 65 in Costa Rica will triple over next 40 years
Email this page March 21st, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The number of people over 65 will triple in Costa Rica by 2050, while children under 15 years of age will be reduced, according to projections released yesterday by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC). “The size of this population (over 65 years) will triple […]
Costa Rica to bring together more than 250 companies for medical tourism congress
Email this page March 12th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) From April 24th to the 26th, Costa Rica will host the fourth International Medical Tourism Congress which will be held at the Marriott hotel at the Los Suenos resort in Playa Herradura, Puntarenas. As announced by the event organizers, the Council for the International Promotion of Costa […]
