Friday, June 25, 2010

Today, we went to a hospital in San Remon where we met the hospital staff and saw the various medical instruments that needed repair. We attempted to repair a few such as the oxygen concentrator and the cardio signal apparatus, but both of them required parts that would need to be purchased. We also got a tour of the hospital. The hospital seems very open but there are about 130 beds for the hospital with about 30-40 doctors. It was a pretty reasonable sized hospital. However, since mostly everyone here gets free health care, the lines for appointments can be very long, a drawback to this system. However, most Costa Ricans are pretty healthy due to their diets, so they don't go to the doctor a lot. After the visit, we came back home. It is now time to sleep as we all go to Monte Verde for ziplining tomorrow. I hope you enjoyed this post. Adios!

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