Falcao saves boy’s life after securing heart transplant
Colombia soccer star Radamel Falcao Garcia became even more of a national hero after securing a successful heart transplant surgery on a 17-year old boy from the north of the country.
Colombia soccer star Radamel Falcao Garcia became even more of a national hero after securing a successful heart transplant surgery on a 17-year old boy from the north of the country.
The Colombian government claimed on Tuesday that it has pumped $373 million into 300 of the country’s hospitals over the past year in an attempt to prevent bankruptcies due to a backlog…
Colombia’s health system paid millions in double charges between 2006 and 2012 for medications already covered by the national health plan, according to two separate research entities.
Despite a series of laws meant to encourage the transition toward the formal workforce, Colombia’s domestic laborers are overwhelmingly part of the country’s large “informal” sector, made up of those workers without…
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Twenty years back, it would have been hard to believe that Colombia would soon be considered a world-class destination for people looking to retreat overseas. Nonetheless, a look at recent…
Colombia’s controversial health care providers, or EPS, are receiving almost $26 million a year for the health care of dead people who were never removed from computer systems, newspaper El…
Colombia’s government transferred $103.7 million from the national budget to hospitals, attempting to help alleviate the debt crisis facing the country’s public medical facilities.