"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." – James Dean
Posted in Doctors, Healthcare, Hospitals on Feb 4th, 2010
I received the following information to post:
Dear Mr.Don Ray Williams:
I was encouraged to contact you, regarding the new medical breakthrough what we offering now at Dr. Villarreals´s NeuroClinics at Mae Lewis Hospital in David.
What is Decompression Therapy?
Decompression Therapy is an FDA cleared, already proven advanced medical technology to treat a wide variety of severe low [...]
Posted in Doctors, Healthcare, Hospitals on Sep 6th, 2009
One of the most asked questions that are asked, by retirees like me that are considering moving to Panama, is related to healthcare. Well, there is good news for Chiriquí, because a new heart healthcare clinic has opened in the professional building in front of Hospital Chiriquí. The clinic is located on the third floor [...]
Posted in Healthcare, Hospitals on Jul 23rd, 2009
I guess I hadn’t had any lab work done in Hospital Chiriquí for a while. If you know the lab from the past, it had a very small waiting area.
Posted in Doctors, Healthcare, Hospitals, Optical on Jul 13th, 2009
My eye exam was in the Clinica San Fernando in Panama City. This is a very modern and well equipped medical facility. The actual exam was done by INDELCO (Instituto de Laser y Cirugia Ocular).
I really did not know what to expect on the eye exam. Had I known more about it, I would have [...]
Posted in Doctors, Healthcare, Hospitals on Jul 13th, 2009
Recently, I have had a few people searching for Doctors and finding an old post that references a dead URL. I requested information from the US Embassy and received the following. Unfortunately, these are only in the Panama City area and doesn’t cover the other provinces.
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UNITED STATES EMBASSY PANAMA
CONSULAR SECTION
CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEETS
E-Mail: Panama-VISAS@state.gov
LIST OF [...]
Posted in Doctors, Healthcare, Hospitals on Sep 6th, 2008
I received the following email that as the author says, I hope is not a need of yours, but will give you information you may want to remember.
From……: Dra Yamileth Pereira
Email…..:
Url…….: http://www.palimpalem.com/8/DraPereira_oncolsurgery/
Nice web. I was navigating on internet and your web call for my attention. Is laudable the work u make to guide or at [...]
Posted in Healthcare, Hospitals on Apr 2nd, 2008
I just returned from taking Sussan and Sofia to the Emergency room of Hospital Chiriquí. Sofia had decided to have a couple vomiting episodes today. The doctor said that there was a virus going around for kids between 2 and 10. Guess she got it. She got a shot, which she didn’t like, but was [...]
Posted in Doctors, Healthcare, Hospitals on Mar 2nd, 2008
I am often asked about the medical capability in David. I thought I would pass this on, even though it isn’t an experience, I have had directly.
Yesterday, I accompanied a patient to Hospital Chiriquí to have surgery to correct a hernia. The surgeon’s name was Dr. Felix Lámbiz Garay and he offices at Hospital Chiriquí. [...]
Posted in Healthcare, Hospitals on Oct 2nd, 2007
Recently, I posted about a problem of people donating blood in Hospital Chiriquí.
Here is the post in Boquete Guide, that explains why there was a need for blood, and further identifies health care items that should be attended to in Chiriquí.
Posted in Healthcare, Hospitals on Sep 27th, 2007
Recently a call went out on the Panama Yahoo groups for a blood donation for a local Chiriquí gringa. However, it has come to my attention that the hospital would not take donations from anyone over 60 years of age. I further understand that they would not accept blood donations from anyone that had traveled [...]
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