Colombia’s Health Ministry is preparing a pilot project to distribute free syringes and methadone to heroin addicts, newspaper El Tiempo reported Tuesday. Additionally, the government wants to distribute free syringes…
The mayor of Colombia’s capital Bogota was discharged from hospital Monday after undergoing brain surgery. Mayor Gustavo Petro had been treated in the Santa Fe Foundation in Bogota where a…
Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro was admitted to hospital where he underwent surgery to remove a blood clot in the brain, reported local media Thursday. “After examining [Petro], we can document…
A Colombian Senate commission on Thursday approved the regulation of euthanasia 15 years after its decriminalization. The bill was passed by 11 votes to 5. Coalition U Party Senator Armando…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has ratified a law deeming drug addiction a public health issue rather than a crime, local media reported Tuesday. The newly-enacted bill recognizes “the consumption…
Colombia’s Vice President Angelino Garzon made his first public appearance Sunday, weeks after suffering a stroke. Angelino Garzon news archive Garzon surprisingly appeared Sunday morning at mass in Bogota’s San…
Colombia’s vice-President Angelino Garzon is slowly going back to work after cerebrovascular complications forced medics to put the politician in an induced coma. According to local media, Garzon discussed ongoing…
Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon’s health has been in decline following a stroke he suffered in June, according to a report by RCN Radio. The complexity of the vice president’s…
A six-year-old girl who fell from the 18th floor of a Medellin apartment building Saturday was pronounced dead by hospital staff Wednesday. The girl fell from a balcony in the…