New Hospital will Require 500 Jobs by TCRN Staff
For the new Hospital San Vicente de Paul, de Heredia, operating at full capacity will require 528 new jobs.
This number was determined by the Projections Directorate of Health Services of the Social Security Fund (CCSS), after a study on the number of workers needed to operate the new medical center, whose opening is [...]
Ministry of Health will monitor voting booths by TCRN Staff
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) gave the go ahead for the Ministry of Health to carry out AH1N1 checking and monitoring on election day.
Permission was granted by the Registry of the Court, granting authority to the Ministry to incorporate health personnel and surveillance at all the voting centers in the country.
However, the Ministry [...]
Ticos rally to provide aid by TCRN Staff
The generosity of the Costa Rican community has once again shown itself. The national campaign to aid those affected by the Haitian earthquakes has received 10 tons of food, medicine, water and over $430,000 via the Red Cross of Costa Rica. The goods were collected and packaged by the national youth commission and [...]
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Costa Rican hotel surveys guests about medical tourism by TCRN Staff
Ramada Plaza Herradura, will be using a research firm to ask thousands of hotel guests about their experiences and attitudes concerning medical tourism in Costa Rica. The research is designed to help the hotel create the extra services guests may be looking for and bolster Costa Rica’s image as a medical services destination.
The [...]
AH1N1 vaccinations start next week by TCRN Staff
Medical centers across the country next week will notify patients who have been selected to be the first to receive the vaccine against pandemic influenza AH1N1.
The authorities will contact 200,000 patients via phone calls, which equals the number of doses that will reach the country next week.
This information was conveyed byMaría Luisa Ávila, Minister of [...]
