Second health product recall in one week
Store shelves in Panama will be emptied of another product that could lead to a health risk the second recall...
HEALTH
Doctors worst paid government employees
Doctors especially specialists, employed by the government are among the worst paid workers says Panama’s Minister of Health Franklin Vergara,...
Only about a quarter of Panama AIDS cases are treated
An estimated 20,000 people in Panama are suffering from AIDS, but only about 5,500 are being treated and over 10,000 in...
E-coli alert issued in Panama
Panama’s Ministry of Health has issued an e-coli alert to its 14 regional offices centers following the deaths of 20 people...
Group health insurance plan unveiled in Panama
A group health insurance plan that can provide substantial savings to expat members of the CanadaPLUS Club was presented at...
Dead childs treatment delayed as help sought from healer”
An autopsy is being held to determine the cause of death of a six-year-old child whose arrival for hospital treatment...
Closing days for registration for cost saving health plan for expats
There are only a few days left to register for an evening seminar to explain a group health insurance plan...
Panama radiation levels climbing
Radiation levels in Panama’s sunny paradise are increasing, leading to increased danger of skin cancer.. (more…)
H1N1: Ministry of Health advising vaccination
With the first case OF H1N1 recorded in Panama this year, followed by a surveillance alert to medical centers, Panama’s...
Group health insurance plan coming for expats
Expats fortunate enough to belong to the CanadaPLUS Club will soon have the availability of group health insurance as a...
The fast food killer marketplace
By Flavia Fontes Non transmissible diseases (diabetes, obesity, hypertension,cancer and chronicrespiratory diseases) are the five main causes of death in...
Walking, talking, and breathing in a jungle in the heart of a city
Out and About with Dra Lourdes Quijada "Walking", for many of Panama’s citizens, comfortably off enough to own a car,...
