‘Colombia’s fattest baby’ to recieve medical treament in Bogota
Bogota doctors will attempt to save the life of a toddler who currently weighs 44 pounds, similar to a typical child of five or six.
Bogota doctors will attempt to save the life of a toddler who currently weighs 44 pounds, similar to a typical child of five or six.
Colombia’s national government on Monday offered an economic lifeline to 14 Bogota city hospitals on the brink of bankruptcy in another attempt to fix the country’s debt-ridden healthcare system.
A Colombian journalist and camerawoman filmed themselves being assaulted by an employee of one of Colombia’s semi-public health intermediaries.
An estimated 10,000 workers from various subsections of the health sector took to the streets in Bogota on Tuesday as part of a nationwide protest against the health reform bill…
President Juan Manuel Santos submitted his new healthcare reform bill to Congress, a proposal that will reportedly eliminate the private insurance companies (EPS) who manage public healthcare funds. Santos declared in…
The constitutional court of Colombia has ordered the government to campaign against obesity and provide operations for the disorder, reported local media on Wednesday. According to Caracol Radio, the court…
“The Cathedral,” Pablo Escobar’s former luxury jail, will be turned into an elderly home, Spanish press agency EFE reported Tuesday. What used to be Colombia’s most luxurious prison — it…
Ten thousand health care workers marched in Bogota Thursday, calling for financial reform in the country’s public hospital system. The bulk of their protests were aimed at Empresas Promotoras de…
The total amount of money embezzled from the Colombian healthcare system exceeds $5 billion, the president of the country’s medical federation said Tuesday. The situation had reached crisis point, said…