The San  Rafael Public Hospital in Alajuela Province is carrying out a campaign to advance surgeries, according to Social Security.

Health workers will perform 240 general surgeries on patients whose operations were pending since 2017 for hernias or gallbladders. Also, surgeries are planned for an additional 30 patients who had been on the surgery list since 2019 for otorhinolaryngology, ear, nose and throat procedures.

This campaign is part of the extra shifts to reduce waiting times for medical appointments. Medical services are performed on patients who are registered in the hospital's database.

Hospital workers will call patients to set up medical appointments. Authorities recommend patients keep their contact information updated.

People with pending medical appointments can obtain more information about the medical campaign by visiting the hospital information office.

This is the second massive medical services campaign launched by the Hospital.  In April, a campaign was launched to advance medical appointments for diagnostic tests.

Social Security has launched several massive medical service campaigns to recover the medical services delayed in the last two years due to the pandemic. In May, a mammograms campaign in Upala was launched.

 

Also, the public hospital in Golfito Canton began its knee replacement surgery campaign.

The Puntarenas Hospital launched its campaigns to attend to 1,500  patients.

During the first quarter of this year, from January to March, Social Security has increased the number of surgeries and medical appointments due to the decrease in cases of covid-19.

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