Three lung cancers removed during teaching session at City of Health
Three lung cancer surgeries, two upper lung lobectomies (a procedure where the lobe containing the tumor is completely removed)...
HEALTH
Doctors in Panama performed first new heart surgery in region.
For the first time in the country, Panamanian doctors performed a tricuspid heart valve implant, the first in Central America,...
Panama's first monkeypox death, 7 new cases
A 35-year-old man, from the district of San Miguelito, became Panama’s first fatal victim of monkeypox, the Department of...
27 new monkeypox cases lifts total to 216
The Department of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) reports that, during the week of March 15 to 29,...
Traffic chaos as protesting patients close highways
For the second consecutive day, on March 28 Panama city experienced chaos after the total closure of the Transistmica, which...
The unfulfilled promise of ‘Health for All’
Almost twenty years have passed since the need to build a new headquarters for the National Oncology Institute (ION)...
Extreme UV alert through weekend
The National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) issued a warning on Friday to avoid exposing yourself to the high levels of...
Cardiovascular surgeries suspended in City of Health
Surgeries in the Cardiovascular and Thoracic Institute in the City of Health, in Ancon have been suspended due to...
Social Security opens probe into zombie drug disappearance
After more than four months since the disappearance of more than 19,000 doses of fentanyl, from the Dr. Arnulfo...
Lack of supplies in City of Health fingers “shameful” administrative failures
The shortage of supplies in the City of Health is a living example of the lack of planning in...
Raccoon dog could be the source of covid – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) group of experts investigating the origin of the coronavirus that causes covid-19 raised the...
Missing opioid 50 times stronger than heroin
Panama President, Laurentino Cortizo, requested that the Public Ministry be allowed to advance "an important investigation". after a new scandal...
