Protesting covid fighting doctors paid with promises
At least 400 doctors hired by the Ministry of Health (Minsa) in June on three- month renewable contracts to face...
HEALTH
Second frontline nurse dies from coronavirus
Elvia Muñoz, 54, who died on Thursday, August 20 was the second nurse this week to fall victim to the...
Ministry seeks funds for unpaid protesting doctors
Minister of Health, Luis Francisco Sucre has requested an extraordinary meeting of the Budget Committee of the National Assembly to...
Health Ministry delegates sanction power for virus offenders
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) has delegated some powers to impose sanctions on those caught violating the quarantine . From...
HEALTHWATCH How to Lower Your Sodium-to-Potassium Ratio
By Michael Greger M.D. FACLM The potassium content in greens is one of two ways they can improve artery function...
Medical unions to allow foreign doctors to fight coronavirus
Leaders of medical unions and associations have reached a “historic” agreement with the Government to guarantee human resources in public...
Pompeo tightens screws on Cuba, Panama seeks doctors
The United States will suspend private flights to Cuba, hardening its offensive to weigh down Havana's sources of foreign...
Doctors demand meeting with Cortizo to present “real” picture
Panama’s medical associations have united in calling for a meeting with President, Laurentino Cortizo, to let him know him "first-hand"...
Virus infections unabated in August
While the government has announced the first cautious steps to re-opening the economy paralyzed by the coronavirus pandemic. the rate...
Wuhan shows there is life after COVID without masks
In the heart of China, his city was the first on the planet to be quarantined. But six months later,...
Modular hospital will be for ICUs when Figali Center opens
The modular hospital Panamá Solidario de Albrook, already in the eye of Public Ministry investigators and still awaiting approval from...
30 Covid deaths bring 5-month total to 1,639
The daily death tally from COVID-19 surged to 30 on Sunday, August 9, bringing the total who have died from...
