With the arrival of the first cold, demand in the health centers in this city began to multiply.
“It’s a critical time. No bed anywhere, especially respiratory problems of all kinds, great and small”, was reported from hospital emergency roquense, Francisco Lopez Lima.
In recent weeks began to see cases of bronchiolitis, pneumonia and all kinds of pathologies linked. Guard are seen daily by over 120 people. Read Article
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Increased from 1.7 percent of the population to 2.3 in 2011. Of these, only 15.5% do so voluntarily. Increasingly, the Cordoba who donate blood. While the level in 2010 was 1.7 percent of the population, in 2011 this record climbed to 2.3 percent, representing an increase of over 30%. Of these, only 15 percent do […]
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In Zacatecas has increased the number of people suffering from depression due to social causes, cultural, economic and family, which is why in the General Hospital of the Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers ( ISSSTE), began the third course of Mental Health, where he will discuss this and other topics focused […]
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At least 3 million 14 thousand 800 children work daily in Mexico Mexico has at least 3 million 14thousand 800 children between five and 17 years old working daily. According to the United Nations Children Fund approximately half of the working children are being exposed to hazardous environments including drugs and prostitution activities. Read Article
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At least 10 citizens of Acolman, Mexico presented signs of intoxication due to a gas leak of toxic substances in the municipality located in the state of Mexico. The Environment Secretariat of Mexico requested the closure of the waste collection center where they found at least 300 tons of debris such as tar, burnt oil […]
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Hepatitis A affects population in Tamaulipas 2 000 vaccines were distributed amongst children after a tremendous Hepatitis A, outbreak in Victoria City, Tamaulipas. Health authorities distributed vaccines after the death of a minor in the south part of Tamaulipas. The vaccine consists of two dosages each one 0.5 milligrams for minors between 1-18 years old. […]
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In a room at the Hotel “Pelican Eyes”, San Juan del Sur, last Sunday morning, was found dead on a Belgian citizen, Joseph Phillis Mauris Pirlot, 45. According to the gringo Falis Michael Michel, 59, both were to be seen Sunday morning in the hotel lobby and saw that he decided to call it came […]
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A plane with volunteers from the United States Flying Physicians Association passengers crashed in “El Fuerte” river located at the mountain regions of Sinaloa. The volunteer team provided free medical care and surgeries to the people that lived in the provinces. The pilot of the aircraft, also a doctor, instantly died while 2 of his […]
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Elpopular.com.ec reported that in May of 2012, a female patient went to the Clínica Gastromed in north Quito. She went into surgery for a hernia issue and subsequently a primary artery was cut by doctors. She was found dead on her cart. Her doctors and nurses left the facility. Authorities closed the facility pending an […]
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Warn increased drought associated diseases appearing in Mexico The Health Ministry reported yesterday Sinaloa a case of cholera in the area of Jesus Maria, so health officials analyze the water quality in wells and river tributaries Humaya. Several Mexican states now affected by drought warnings and recommendations issued after registering an increase in diseases related […]
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The ophthalmologist John Lawrence Hubieres revealed that according to one study, eight percent of the Dominican population has diabetes, and the amount could be higher because in many cases, patients do not know if they do, or how it is presented. The professional regrets that the problem is greater because the patients are excluded by […]
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The Director of Health Surveillance, Ministry of Public Health, Ivan Allende, said the death toll due to dengue rises to 47 people so far in 2012. He noted that was reduced by 60% the cases reported in the capital districts. Read Article
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Major consumers of Tobacco in Mexico are Low-income households The heart related diseases, caused by smoking, peaked in mortality levels in Mexico in 2010. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) during the year 2010 lowermost income households spent the greatest amount of money in Tabaco. 20 out of 100 people, who […]
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Mexico: Gastrointestinal reported cases increase in Tamaulipas There are up to 3,800 gastrointestinal health problems reported weekly by Inhabitants residing in Victoria City Tamaulipas. Secretary of Health officials informed the public that the cause of the gastrointestinal discomfort is due to the consumption of spoiled food. Most patients are children and teenagers ranging from 6 […]
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A little-known life-threatening illness caused by blood sucking insects has been labelled the ‘new AIDS of the Americas’ by experts. The parasitic illness called Chagas Disease has similarities to the early spread of HIV, according to a new study. Similar to AIDS, Chagas is difficult to detect and it can take years for symptoms to […]
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In a span of 20 weeks of this year in the country have registered 17 people died from dengue, in addition to 8 399 cases, 140 of those with severe dengue (hemorrhagic). Reported so far the Ministry of Public Health. Until last week the death toll from the disease in Ecuador was thirteen, but that […]
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Minors who are abused increased from 40 to 42% in the last 21 years and there is almost double of teenage mothers 15 years ago. Meanwhile, mortality rates, child labor and improved access to education for this sector of the population, the report “State of the rights of children and adolescents in Ecuador 1990-2011”. According […]
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Interviews with residents concerning teenage pregnancy in Cuenca Ecuador – Subtitled
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In Brazil, water levels on one of the Amazon’s main rivers are rising dangerously fast. Some of the worst flooding in decades has forced many families from their homes. Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo visits Careiro da Varzea, one of the worst hit areas in the northern Amazonas state. Read Article
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Following the discovery of a lionfish in Tubará jurisdiction of the Regional Autonomous Corporation of the Atlantic (CRA) reported that it was reissued a warning to all coastal municipalities of the department. Read Article
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Nearly 100 children under the age of five died of pneumonia between January and April in Peru due to a cold wave that swept through the country’s Andean region, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. The ministry reported over 797,000 episodes of non-pneumonic acute respiratory infections in toddlers during the period, along with 9,286 cases of […]
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To keep the body free from cholera, the Ministry of Health has intensified inspection and cleansing ice plants, in addition to exercise special surveillance of food handlers and traders of seafood in the municipalities of Tampico, Madero and Altamira . Staff of the State Commission for the Prevention of Health Risks has been commissioned to […]
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Between January and April, there were 597 patients in the country. In 2011, there were reported 315. In Cordoba, there are 41 confirmed and 105 probable. They insist on the vaccination. Although there are vaccines to prevent it, whooping cough longer history in Argentina to become a reemerging disease, which today is a major cause […]
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From week to week in the country had 467 new cases of dengue. The Ministry of Health reported yesterday the numbers of patients in the country, registered in the first 19 weeks of this year. They reported 7,434 cases, of which 123 are of the hemorrhagic type, called serious by the authorities. Meanwhile, a week […]
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Mexico: Mexican authorities destroy 65 thousand liters of adulterated drinks Health officials in Zapopan Jalisco destroyed about 65 thousand litters of adulterated beverages in the last six months. According to health authorities the impure beverages contained methanol, a substance that is not apt for human consumption. This dangerous substance can lower the respiratory and cardiac […]
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The data come from the Fifth National Survey on psychoactive substance use, conducted by the Argentine Observatory of Drugs. The percentage increases, however, in the group of adolescents between 15 and 18. The trend, however, remains “stable” since 2001. A survey by the Argentine Drug Observatory between August and September last year revealed that alcohol […]
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The world of crime in Colombia relies more than ever to scopolamine, a poison that turns people into ‘zombies’ docile. In South America has been dubbed the ‘borrachero’ or ‘breath of the devil’. The scariest aspect of the consequences of this drug, odorless and tasteless, is their suggestibility, as it makes people consciously let the […]
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Ramon M., 80, a native of the site approximately Pachinche In the Middle, died on Tuesday at the hospital Verdi Cevallos Balda Portoviejo (Manabi) for malaria. According to Chief Health Area No. 1, Brucker Garcia, he controlled the malaria, but one would have complicated pneumonia. Meliton Garcia, an internist at the hospital, said the elderly […]
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Specialists of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) are calling on the population in this hot weather and rains take precautions to prevent the spread of malaria infection that may jeopardize the lives of the sick person. According to a press release, malaria, epidemiologist Joel Navarrete said Espinosa, Medical Programs Coordinator of the Coordination of […]
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An increase of up to 5 ° in the Pacific ocean surface temperature has altered the marine ecosystem in northern Peru. According to Environment and Health authorities of that country, that would be the cause for the death of about 5,000 pelicans starvation (lack of food). These birds feed on fish such as anchovy, which […]
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The high incidence of teenage pregnancies in Latin America, second only to Africa, not only persists but is increasing, which is an obstacle to development in the region. Between 25 and 108 of every 1,000 girls 15 to 19 are mothers in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the Economic Commission […]
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Study: Chile is one of the countries with the highest incidence in breast cancer The number of deaths from this disease will double by the year 2030 to 74,000 per year at the regional level. Important results on the incidence and coverage for the treatment of breast cancer in Latin America was presented by leading […]
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The creation of a central authority to audit and unify all matters relating to occupational health and safety specialists suggested, both public and private, with the increase in accidents in Panama. Figures from the Social Security Fund (CSS) reveal that they are registering more than 10 000 accidents per year. Read Article
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The high incidence of teenage pregnancies in Latin America, second only to Africa, not only persists but is increasing, which is an obstacle to development in the region. Between 25 and 108 of every 1,000 girls 15 to 19 are mothers in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the Economic Commission […]
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After the theft of a newborn in the General Hospital of Poza Rica, the Ministry of Health issued an alert to the rest of the hospitals in the state and redoubled vigilance with elements of the Auxiliary Police Institute and Wealth Protection (IPAX) in the building where they stole the baby. In an interview the […]
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Peruvian health officials alerted the public and recommended to stop eating fish and avoid visiting the beaches. Nearly a thousand dolphins found dead in recent weeks, with more than fifteen hundred birds, pelicans and boobies. The causes are still unknown. Peruvian health authorities fired warning sirens and recommended that people avoid beaches and stop eating […]
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THE DATA The tour was evident discomfort of many users for the lack of medicine and specialist in home health. THE DATA The prosecution began the inquiry with tours of private clinics involved, on Monday. he fiscal agent of the Guayas, Margarita Neira, confirmed yesterday that the Abel Gilbert Ponton Hospital does not have enough […]
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The Unit prosecutor of People and Warranty Neira Margarita Moran on Tuesday continued to tour several nursing homes in Guayaquil, involved in the alleged case of lack of attention to Roberto Antonio Quimis Huacón , 24 years old, who suffered Daule an accident and later died in an ambulance from the police, after asking for […]
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The Health Ministry Jalisco (SSJ) warns that the months of May and June are the hottest of the season, therefore, calls upon the general care and maintenance of hygiene in food preparation; is estimated that it could increase by 15% the season related diseases: diarrhea, dehydration and heatstroke. Read Article
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The detainees also see a doctor and a lawyer, pointed out to defraud the state with health recoveries. According to research, the recovery for guardianship actions in the region has committed 5,600 million pesos. These traps are part of the operation against the embezzlement to health. The detainees were transferred to Bogota, where they will […]
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Maternal and Nutrimami Maternavit three multivitamins for pregnant women, may be issued only with medical recipe, announced the director of the Autonomous Service of Sanitary Control, Ministry of Health, Divis Antunez. These products are no longer considered food supplements, but medicinal. Said the official who is an administrative process related to product registration, because they […]
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Although the Regional Strategic Plan for Malaria in the Americas notes that in the continent, the disease has been reduced by 54%, this achievement does not include Venezuela. In the country, cases of malaria, or malaria, have increased since 2010. So concludes the latest epidemiological alert by the Network of Scientific Medical Societies Venezuela (Rscmv), […]
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A newborn died after (removal) of the clitoris in an Indian reservation of western Colombia, said Tuesday local authorities, who were surprised by this case. “On Thursday I reported the death of a 15 days. Evaluated at the hospital that was the result of bleeding that occurred ablation. And the Legal Medicine Institute confirmed later,” […]
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According to official figures, about 25% of Peru’s population does not access water service through the public network, a situation that, in practice, affecting 60% of the population living in rural areas, communicates the Ombudsman. Read Article
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Huacón Ines Correa is not only shattered by the death of his son Roberto Antonio Quimí Huacón of 23 years, but also outraged by the treatment given in nine care homes (hospitals and clinics) Duale and Guayaquil. She complained to the Office of Guayas that none of these health houses gave the entrance to his […]
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The province of El Oro ranks fourth in the most cases of dengue have occurred through week 16 of the year, with 732 classic type and one of hemorrhagic called serious by the authorities. But the situation worsens, met yesterday for the results of the analysis of death in the first week of April, less […]
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Mexico: Reported food poisoning affects 285 children 285 children and 14 adults suffered food poisoning due to consumption of food at the children day “Dia del Nino” Festival in Guerrero. Health officials reported 85 patients remain hospitalized while 216 have already been discharged from the general hospital. Read Article
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Three people have died this year in the Peruvian jungle for leptospirosis, an infectious disease spread by flooding experienced by the region, Efe reported a source in the Regional Health Authority (Diresa) of Loreto. In February passed a 9-year-old man in March 64 and on Wednesday another 32 years for leptospirosis, the source said, a […]
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Monday in the evening, President Hugo Chavez went to Havana, Cuba, to continue his medical treatment. After the occurrence of the string of Monday noon, the state channel showed brief images, which is the head of state before boarding Air Force One at the Simon Bolivar International Airport of La Guaira, Vargas state. Chavez was […]
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The Constitution of Ecuador declares the following: Article 43: “… Under no circumstances will refuse emergency care in public or private.” Health Law Article 7: “Everyone, without discrimination, has the right to be served immediately with emergency professional services, provision of drugs and supplies needed in cases of imminent danger to life …”. Roberto Antonio […]
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In the hospital of the Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers (ISSSTE), located in the state capital, a patient was found contaminated with the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa, that infects the pulmonary tract, the urinary tissues, wounds and also causes other blood infections. This was confirmed by staff of the press area of […]
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The address of the Hospital of La Serena confirmed a case of infection with the bacterium Clostridium difficile, the same as in the former Central Hospital of Santiago, killing 26 patients. The address of the Hospital of La Serena confirmed a case of infection with the bacterium Clostridium difficile, the same as in the former […]
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Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina moved on Saturday to the poorest district of the western city of Huitan, following government-backed charity initiative, Univision TV channel reported. Molina, a retired military officer who acquired presidential post on January14, decided to spend weekend with an impoverished family in Huitan where a child suffers from chronic malnutrition. The […]
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Since in Iquitos are suffering the ravages of rising higher in the rivers of the past 25 years, have already reached some of the predictable consequences such as the outbreak of leptospirosis that we are suffering. It is important to call attention to this issue because in the context of the whole people are concerned […]
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Between 2009 and 2011 there were around 23 914 traffic accidents in the country. Because of that, between 2008 and 2011 there were 51 942 victims annually, according to data Covial. The main reason why accidents occur is the recklessness of the driver cell phone use while driving and not the hands-free device. This adding […]
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Until last night were 16 fatalities and 17 injured from the accident of a bus of the Cooperative Amazon The bus crashed cooperative Amazon yesterday morning in Quito-Papallacta road did not have the certificate of approval of the technical review-vehicle to which are bound vehicles that travel regularly in the capital. According to the Mobility […]
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Salvador Echavarria, a meteorologist with the UEPC, asked the media to report promptly to the public on the temperature rise to protect themselves from sun. Said it is important for adults to children have always handy to hydrate and leave home with umbrellas, hats or caps that allow the skin protection from ultraviolet rays. Likewise […]
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Two children, sons of migrant farmworkers , died in Sinaloa from malnutrition causes. According to health authorities there are 196 agricultural fields and only 10 percent of them are health certified. Read Article
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The affected area includes the department of Boqueron with 3,485 families, 1,543 families with Alto Paraguay and Presidente Hayes, with 8,626 families. To date were distributed resources of the SEN, 7610 food kits. In the area of General Diaz, also delivered 20 packets of herb, 3 bags of rice of 50 kilos each, 2 bags […]
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80 municipalities in the department of Boyacá are on high alert due to heavy rains that occur in the last days and left in the country, about 29 March fatalities to date.As reported by the governor of Boyaca, Juan Carlos Granados , Moniquirá populations and San Miguel de Sema are most affected by floods and […]
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Citizens who seek medical assistance to Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital in this city, reported having been victims of robberies and assaults in the hallways and in the outpatient area.Even antisocial yesterday tried to steal tools in the area of Ophthalmology, admitted the director of the nursing home, Ivan Feicán. Read Article
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Even with police protection to prevent attacks on crews this week will continue spraying in Portoviejo mingas and to avoid the presence of the dengue mosquito, which in the country and amounted to 5,147 cases last week. This week is crucial in Manabi to fight the mosquito vector of dengue, since the totals are off […]
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Patients say they were disfigured and operations would have done without anesthesia. The attorney general of New York announced today that it filed charges against two fake plastic surgeons and a doctor, all Colombians, for performing plastic surgery procedures several women, some of which were permanently disfigured. Prosecutors identified the defendants as William Carlos Arango […]
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Honduras is just days away from approving an extremist law that would put women in prison for using the morning-after pill, even after being raped! We can stop this law and give women back the chance to prevent unwanted pregnancy. Some Congress members agree that this law – which would also jail doctors or anyone […]
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Honduras is a tropical country with more than 70% of its population living at risk of beinginfected with either Plasmodium vivax or Plasmodium falciparum. Laboratory diagnosis is avery important factor for adequate treatment and management of malaria. In Honduras,malaria is diagnosed by both, microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests and to date, no molecularmethods have been […]
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Asuncion, Paraguay. – Dengue fever killed 11 people and affected 4 000 600 people in the last four months in Paraguay, according to a bulletin released on Saturday by officials of the Sanitary Surveillance Ministry of Health. Poor health forced authorities to declare an “epidemic” in an area close to the Paraguayan capital, where public […]
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Hemophilia is an inherited condition that almost exclusively affects men and for which has yet discovered a cure, caused by deficiency of a clotting protein (factor VIII or IX) that therefore no to control the bleeding or bleeding events, according to the pediatric hematologist of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), Berges Adolfina Garcia. Read […]
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Prison population and HIV patients are most affected Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that primarily attacks the lungs and that although the world has tended to decrease, in Venezuela the opposite has occurred since 2006. This was the last detailed epidemiological alert issued by the Network of Scientific Medical Societies Venezuelan, indicating that the country […]
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The Senate endorsed, with changes, criminalize serious adulteration, counterfeiting, contamination or alteration of any alcoholic beverage and distribution. Amendments to the General Health Law and the Federal Criminal Code of Criminal Procedure, adopted with 72 votes, establish penalties punishable by six months to three years in prison who forges or counterfeits alcohol, and three to […]
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Mexico: There is an increment of precarious diseases in Mexico The capital’s Health Secretary, Francisco Osuna, reported an increase on severe diseases during the last years in Mexico. . According to the reports on the chronic degenerative disease, on the year 2000 there were 183 reported cases while in 2011 it increased to 516 cases. […]
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Bogota is on alert after report by the Surveillance System in Public Health District importing a case of measles. This is an adult who entered the country from Spain and went to the hospital network where the virus was confirmed. The infected person did not have antecedent vaccination against measles and rubella. Through actively seeking […]
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….concurrent outbreaks of _Serratia marcescens_ infection in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) at 2 different hospitals in Valencia, Venezuela, — Valencia Central Hospital [AKA Dr Jorge Lizarraga Children’s Hospital of the Dr. Enrique Tejera Hospital Complex] and Sur de Valencia Maternity Hospital. Possibly another concurrent NICU outbreak due of _Klebsiella pneumoniae_ is also occurring at […]
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The system was implemented last August in a camp in Cerrillos, with great success. Now it will be implemented in 19 Latin American countries. The device, which was designed at the Center for Advanced Innovation Viña del Mar, is used since last August at Camp San Jose Cerrillos, which has more than 137,000 liters sanitized, […]
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Chile – Minister of Public Works, Laurence Golborne, gave an assessment of the water situation in the country, which said that the north is the one that still has major problems in terms of low river flow, as the reservoirs have a deficit of 48.7% compared with the historical average. However, the government guaranteed drinking […]
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Drug Imports fell 50 percent last year as compared to those that occurred in 2010, says a report by consultancy Abeceb.com. Consumers have stated claims for shortages of different drugs. “Imports, which in 2010 grew to nearly 30 percent in 2011 slowed to grow by 14.4 percent to 1,790 million dollars,” says the report of […]
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Clinics and public hospitals will provide consultation and handle emergencies between 4 pm and 7 am from July. This as a result of budget cuts of up to 30% that the Social Security Fund applied to these health centers. The services most at risk are those that require payment of specialists such as pediatricians, surgeons, […]
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About 450 women and 150 transgender prostitutes in Bogota will have the opportunity to find new alternative sources of income and change your lifestyle, with a program that will launch the District. It is aimed at people aged 18 to 35 who reside in the Libertadores (San Cristobal), Danube Park Entrenubes (Usme), areas of western […]
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Mexico: There hasn’t been a single report of Malaria in Oaxaca for the past 2 Years Oaxaca is about to declare the white flag of Malaria since there hasn’t been any reported cases in a period of 2 years. The states that have being affected mostly by malaria are Chiapas, Nayarit and Chihuahua. Oaxaca occupies […]
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Mexico: Drug dealers robbing human organs In Mexico there has been an increase theft of cargo units. There were at least 12 cases where cargo drivers became victims of organ theft in the last two months. According to Rafael Ortiz Pacheco, the national president of the Mexican Alliance Shippers, victims are stripped of their units, […]
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The death toll from the outbreak of dengue suffering Ecuador amounted to five, while those affected are now 4,683, said the Ministry of Public Health in a statement. Further, warned that “in the coming weeks are extraordinary conditions favorable for transmission,” due to high rainfall in the country and coastal flooding. Of the nearly 4,700 […]
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Increased demand for organs in Ecuador is horny, of which 74 membranes are imported and 44 domestic, according to data from the National Organ and Tissue Transplantation (Ontot). Also, this year, there are records of 35 cases of kidney transplants, one with a living donor, six liver and a bone marrow transplant. In the first […]
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The anxiety grew on Tuesday upon completion of the sixth day with nine miners trapped by cave-ins in a hole in a mountain in southern Peru, because they begin to suffer the first on your health conditions. Four of them reported, through a hose that is the only outside contact and through which they also […]
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Health Undersecretary Rafael Sabatinelli said that it is a fact “unfortunate” if the baby was born prematurely with six months of gestation and without vital signs at the Hospital Julio C. Perrando, but after 12 hours in the morgue was revealed that she was alive and breathing. The official said that to clarify the fact […]
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Survey released on Tuesday (10) by the Ministry of Health revealed that almost half of the population is overweight. According to the study, the percentage rose from 42.7% in 2006 to 48.5% in 2011. In the same period, the proportion of obese rose from 11.4% to 15.8%. Read Article
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A 10-year-old girl in Colombia has become one of the world’s youngest mothers after giving birth to a baby girl. Doctors delivered the baby by caesarean section after the girl, a member of the indigenous Wayuu tribe, arrived at a hospital in Manaure in tears.The girl, who has not been named, was 39 weeks pregnant […]
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Health authorities of the Bolivian department of Beni ordered today to reinforce preventive measures and establish a tough disease control an outbreak of H1N1 flu, according to Prensa Latina. According to the Head of Epidemiology Department of Health Services (Headquarters), Wilfredo Camargo, evil has had a significant rise in the provinces of Fencing and Marbán. […]
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The authorities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) U.S. sent a team to Puerto Rico to assess an outbreak of tuberculosis. The spokeswoman for the Department of Health of Puerto Rico, Margarita Casalduc said Saturday in a note to the U.S. CDC has received an order to analyze how local authorities handled […]
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The Ministry of Health (MoH) will begin tomorrow, Monday, fumigation and pest control of about 150 homes in the areas affected by landslides falling in Chosica , to prevent disease. The head of the Directorate General of Health (DISA) IV-Lima Este, Pablo Cespedes to Andina news agency reported that these prevention efforts will be made […]
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Suicides continue With an alarming rate of suicides, the island experienced one of its worst years as far 64 people have made the fateful decision from January until yesterday. In hours of Saturday morning was found hanging from a rope tied to his neck Manuel Peña Silk 77. He was deprived of life in the […]
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On March 22 of each year marks the international day of water, unfortunately in our country this year not much to celebrate, since according to the Annual Survey of Water Quality for the Defence of the people and based on 2010 data indicates that only 30% of Colombians receive drinking water in the country. Following […]
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Machine Produced Translation from Youtube page with video. UPLOADED JULY 2011 Hugo Chavez denies medical care to a 13-year cancer by only miss their parents do not use the red pole. Also respodió no money. It must be true, Venezuela has no money for a loan just made billionaire of the Republic of the China […]
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The Ministry of Health of Buenos Aires today recommended to implement preventive measures to avoid water-borne infections such as cholera and those caused by pathogens such as leptospirosis, following the storm that struck the metropolitan area. The suggested portfolio safe drinking water, washing raw foods and maintain hand hygiene to prevent diseases such as diarrhea, […]
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Mexico: Chihuahua Places first in Child Obesity in the State of Mexico Chihuahua is classified to be one of the states in Mexico with the highest death levels caused by obesity and diabetes. 4 out of 10 children in Chihuahua are considered overweight and obese. The lack of exercise in children is resulting in hypertension, […]
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Acapulco, Gro., April 6 (El Universal). – During this holiday season of Easter, the Developer and Administrator of beaches in the port has collected a total of 300 tons of garbage left by tourists and natural spas Acapulqueños different, same as reported crowded by the massive arrival of visitors. The director of the department, Rogelio […]
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Diariorespuesta.com.mx reported that the inexperience of a nurse, almost cost a U.S. tourist her life when visiting a private medical clinic after feeling ill and ended up being hospitalized after an injection. The incident occurred shortly after 11 am (No date given) when a Red Cross Ambulance was alerted to a person who was having […]
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“Outside the evil spirits!” Was heard over and over again in front of Juan Domínguez Hospital of Soledad Romero, during the early hours of yesterday morning, a situation that called wide attention not only to users of the entity but to unsuspecting passersby. These cries that seemed part of an exorcism scene, was merely a […]
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There alert the authorities of the District by the increase of respiratory diseases in the capital of the Republic. According to health agencies, the most affected are children of the city or town in which the mortality from this cause has increased by 30 percent. Read Article
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Over 27 tons of canned seafood products due Seremi were seized by the Health of the Bio Bio region and would be sold at various fairs free of the metropolitan region. Image The operation was performed in Talcahuano, where they seized seafood, steaks, salmon and octopus. About 70 percent of the products had expired six […]
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A man of 19 who is admitted to the hospital Linares joined the list of confirmed infected by hantavirus. The information was submitted by the Public Health Institute of Chile (ISP), bringing to 37 the number of people who have acquired the virus so far in 2012. Two more cases confirmed yesterday are a man […]
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