The three French people who were hospitalized at Monseñor Sanabria Hospital in Puntarenas for measles were discharged on Thursday after a clinical and epidemiological decision by the doctors who treated them, and supported by the Ministry of Health.
According to Rándall Álvarez Juárez, director of the hospital in the area,
the French expressed their gratitude for the treatment received during the eight days of hospital stay, which included the application of national and international institutional protocols.”
The warning first came from Dr. Adrián Campos Manley, from the Unimed Clinic located in Santa Teresa de Cóbano. The specialist said that on February 15th, the 5-year-old boy showed the first symptoms of measles: fever, cough, red eyes (conjunctivitis) and nasal discharge.
The patients were treated by around 50 people, all with their protective equipment developed by the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS).
With this case, according to director Álvarez, the response capacity of the Costa Rican health system was put to the test, in order to safeguard the attention, the integrity of these patients, as well as that of the population.”