The Board of the College of Physicians summoned a meeting with health authorities and unions to agree on measures to solve the shortage of specialists. According to the group, the numbers speak for themselves and this year will end with a deficit of approximately 880 medical specialists in the Costa Rican Department of Social Security. […]
Archives for June 24, 2016
INAMU promotes reforms to address hospital births
The National Institute for Women (INAMU) is promoting a series of changes in the way births are addressed in Costa Rican hospitals. The purpose of the reforms is to fight obstetric violence in hospitals. While it may seem essential, not all medical centers have the necessary resources to meet deliveries in the best way. INAMU’s […]
Taxi drivers celebrated deputy minister’s deposition
Domestic cabbies showed their satisfaction after the deposition of Sebastián Urbina as deputy minister of transport. The union believed President Solís’ determination to remove Urbina was timely. According to Rubén Vargas, member of the Unión de Taxistas Costarricenses, It’s something that should have happened a while ago. This man is an enemy of paid transport […]
Train service: victim of its own success?
Approximately 17,000 people use the train service each day, especially routes connecting San José with Río Segundo de Alajuela and Belén de Heredia with Cartago. Most of the times, passengers struggle to find a space in the wagon. The train service seems to be the victim of its own success. The increasing and exasperating traffic […]
Scam using Mayor’s name
Víctor Arias Richmond, mayor of El Guarco in Cartago, is a victim of scammers who are using his name to contact local government’s suppliers and people in order to get personal and bank account information. It all started six months ago when people accused Richmond of being a thief. The scammers hired a transportation service to […]