Health

These Injuries and Illnesses Prevent You From Being a Police Officer in Colombia

Police work in Colombia is considered high-risk and physically demanding. Therefore, the Police Health Directorate conducts comprehensive assessments to ensure officers can react to public order situations, pursuits, or extended shifts without endangering their lives or those of others.

Aesthetic medicine: patients' new interest in acquiring natural treatments

Aesthetic medicine continues to consolidate itself as one of the most dynamic sectors within the health and wellness industry. Driven by technological innovation and increasing demand for non-invasive procedures.

E. Coli: these are the foods that could increase the risk of contracting this bacterium

Escherichia coli is a bacterium commonly found in the large intestine of warm-blooded organisms. Although several strains are harmless, others can cause severe food poisoning.

Venezuela and India Sign Agreement to Facilitate Medicine Purchases

The governments of Venezuela and India have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen binational cooperation in the health sector, which will facilitate the purchase of medicines, the South American country's Ministry of Health reported this Tuesday. In a press release, Venezuelan Minister of Health Nuramy Gutiérrez explained that this memorandum will allow for the signing of other agreements that facilitate the arrival of medicines and other health supplies from India, which are not only of the highest quality but have also been freed from patents, thus resulting in very interesting international prices.

Acemi explains the risks of liquidating intervened EPS as suggested by President Petro

Following President Gustavo Petro's recent statements about the future of EPS in Colombia, Acemi, the association of health promoting entities, warned of a critical scenario if a massive transfer of affiliates to Nueva EPS, one of the country's largest entities, is finalized.

Nueva EPS authorized leukemia medication for Jeisson Pinzón after he died waiting for it

Jeisson Pinzón Sandoval, a 20-year-old young man from Tunja, Boyacá, passed away on Saturday without receiving the urgently needed immunotherapy treatment, despite Nueva EPS authorizing it just one day after his death.

Death of minor Kevin Acosta exposes failures in drug supply at Nueva EPS, says the Attorney General's Office

The minor went almost two months without receiving essential medication for his treatment Photo: EL TIEMPO / Private archive

Nueva EPS Has Not Managed to Stabilize the Drug Dispensing Network: Ombudsman's Office

The Ombudsman's Office, through its social media, referred again to the situation of Nueva EPS, intervened by the Government. It assured that drug dispensing is still not stable in several regions of the country.

Cold front puts several regions on alert for rain and wind gusts; these are the areas at risk

Although the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Ideam) has alerts on for the eventual development of an El Niño Phenomenon...

New EPS would be attached to the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance under the model proposed by Petro with the liquidation of EPS

The government's preventive system projects 100% health coverage for the population nationwide Photo: iStock

Dangerous heat levels forecast for this week

The Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (INETER) warned that this week temperatures will reach their maximum levels as mid-March arrives, one of the hottest months of the year.

Juancho De La Espriella Hospitalized in Bogotá: What Happened?

Juancho De La Espriella's return home was not exactly as expected. After several weeks of performances in the United States with Silvestre Dangond, the musician ended up under medical observation at the Reina Sofía Clinic...