Shakira sends message of support to Joe Arroyo
Pop singer Shakira on Tuesday sent a message of support to fellow-Colombian salsa master Joe Arroyo, who is in critical condition in a hospital in the two singers’ hometown of…
Pop singer Shakira on Tuesday sent a message of support to fellow-Colombian salsa master Joe Arroyo, who is in critical condition in a hospital in the two singers’ hometown of…
Joe Arroyo, one of Colombia’s greatest salsa performers, has been re-hospitalized with a pulmonary edema and a kidney infection, local media reported Wednesday. The singer was newly admitted to the…
Colombian hospitals have been forced to turn to the government for assistance due to severe resource shortages, newspaper El Tiempo reported Sunday. Hospitals throughout Colombia are in danger of being…
Colombian insurance companies (EPS) and departments owe hospitals over $2 billion, said the country’s health union Thursday. “At the root of the crisis, the EPS have not repaid in three…
Colombia’s National Health Institute dismissed Monday any link between the E. coli bacteria found in Colombia and the strain that has thus far caused 35 deaths in Europe. The director…
Doctors have identified the E. Coli bacteria in a man from Colombia’s northern Cordoba department Sunday. The patient is awaiting test results to learn which of the numerous strains of…
The Colombian government ordered the rigorous inspection of produce entering the country especially from Europe where the E. coli bacteria has reportedly killed 27 people reported newspaper El Espectador Friday.…
An investigation by Colombian authorities have found that out of approximately 14,600 requests for reimbursement submitted health insurance companies (EPS) over four years, some 11,000 had irregularities, El Tiempo reported Thursday.…
Colombia’s vice president of society and agriculture has said there is no risk to Colombians from E. coli-contaminated European cucumbers even though cucumbers from that continent are sold in Colombian…