Ten thousand protest crisis in Bogota hospitals
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…
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…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court established a special health commission to set parameters for the government to reform Colombia’s ailing healthcare system. According to El Tiempo, the three judges that make up…
The Colombian government has allocated $558 million to the public hospital network, which the minister of social protection said Friday will be sufficient to save major hospitals from closing. Minister…
Colombians will have universal access to healthcare by 2012, announced President Juan Manuel Santos Friday. The Colombian heathcare sector will be restructured over the next two years to integrate new…
More than 15,000 Colombians die each year due to medical errors, said medical organization Second Opinion Tuesday. In an interview with Caracol Radio, the organization’s Colombian representative, Aaron Ossiaz, explained…
A day before its final debate in the Senate, President Juan Manuel Santos emphasized the Victims Law as fundamental for achieving peace and healing the wounds of over 45 years…
A recent report from Doctors Without Borders (MSF) documents Colombians’ struggle to access healthcare. The report surveyed 977 people in seven different departments in Colombia. According to the report 33.6%…
The western Colombian city of Cali is emerging as one of the country’s most popular destinations for medical tourism, reported El Tiempo on Tuesday. Previously known as the sports and…