"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." – James Dean
Posted in Dentists, Healthcare on Mar 15th, 2010
I just received the following email from my dentist ( Dra. Miriam in Dental Esthetic).
From……: Dra. Miriam
Email…..: miriamperio@hotmail.com
Url…….:
Hi Don,
I am currently offering dental implants at $1,200 these normally cost around $1,500-$1,800 in Panama (and double or triple that in the USA), I am happy to give Chiriqui chatter followers a free evaluation, I have 11 [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 12th, 2010
I just received the following. If you are familiar with what is available in the way of dialysis in David, would you please leave a comment.
Thank you.
Don Ray
From……: Caroline
Email…..:
Url…….: none
Hi, your website is very interesting. I have enjoyed the photos, Panama thru the lens of your camera is beautiful. I do have a question and [...]
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 Panama Journal on Nov 22nd, 2009
For several days now, I have been fighting a cold. It finally got bad enough that today I decided to go to the emergency room of Chiriquí Hospital..
The doctor that saw me was a young lady and she was very good. She spent a reasonable amount of time making sure she had asked all the [...]
Posted in Healthcare on Nov 18th, 2009
While I was at the Chiriquí Hospital this morning, I noticed this clinic across the street from the hospital emergency entrance.
What they do or offer, I do not know. Feel free to post a comment if you are knowledgeable about this clinic.
Posted in Doctors, Healthcare, Optical on Aug 8th, 2009
I finally made it into Vision 20/20 to get my prescription filled, now that I have passed Dr. Young’s eye exam and am on vitamin regimentation to slow down the macular degineration.
Dra. Ines said she wanted to check my eyes again to see if there had been any change since my last visit, where she [...]
Posted in Dentists, Healthcare, Optical on Jul 24th, 2009
Yesterday was my followup visit to have the results from my Panama City examination reviewed by Dr. Young.
I should mention, that you need to prepare yourself when you go for some doctor’s appointments. Dr. Young is a highly recognized doctor and when he is in David, he always has a lot of people to see. [...]
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.
CONS
UNITED STATES EMBASSY PANAMA
CONSULAR SECTION
CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEETS
E-Mail: Panama-VISAS@state.gov
LIST OF [...]
Posted in Doctors, Healthcare, Optical on Jun 29th, 2009
Last Friday, I went to see Dra. Inés to replace some lenses that are cracked and I expect to break any day. However, when she checked my eyes, she told me I needed to see a ophthalmologist, because my left eye looked a little strange.
She said I was in luck, because an excellent ophthalmologist visited [...]
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