SANTIAGO — Once again, Chilean students have taken to the streets to protest the…
Speak English to your Chiropractic
This new section has been set up for our readers to ask questions to international chiropractor Dr. Tello. Dr. Felipe Tello was born in Mexico city, studied medicine and graduated from Lasalle University with is M.D. After that he graduated as a D.C in Palmer College of Chiropractic at Davenport Iowa. He has worked for organizations [...]
Does Chilean culture trivialize domestic violence?
Despite police reports indicating that incidences of nation-wide domestic violence have dropped for the month of July, compared to the same time in 2009, Carolina Soto—director of the The Center for Raped Women in Chile—remains skeptical that these statistics can be believed. The steady flow of women coming into her facility, she told National Chilean [...]
Chile to invest in sports, President Piñera sets the bar
Surrounded by a thousand cyclists who gathered at the esplanade in Parque O’Higgins, President Sebastián Piñera started the last stage of ‘la Gran Cicletada Bicentenario’. The president congratulated all of the participants for their sportsmanship and asked for their help and commitment to achieve the great objective of Chile becoming a true country of sportsmen [...]
A message from the IAC: Give Blood!
“The International Association of Chile is sponsoring a Blood Draw on Wednesday, August 11 from 10:00am – 3:00pm. Organizacion Humaniza, a top-notch organization here in Santiago, did this for us last year and it was great. They will bring beds, nurses, sterile supplies—everything you expect from a well-run blood donation site – to the IAC [...]
Winter season dramatizes public health crisis
It would be an understatement to say that Chile’s public-health care system is suffering. This year’s winter health crisis has brought with it the death of triplet- newborns in a public hospital, the dismissal and subsequent deaths of two patients in public hospital waiting rooms, the birth of a baby in a public hospital bathroom, [...]
Viña del Mar to Insulate Mediaguas with Tetra-Paks
Viña del Mar Mediaguas with Milk and Juice Cartons
Formal complaint over deaths in public hospital waiting-room
A formal complaint was launched yesterday due to the deaths of two patients in a public hospital waiting room. Teresa Saravia, 54, and Omar Neira Lagos, 77, passed away of heart attacks in the ¨Posta Central¨ hospital in Santiago, after being released by medical staff and coming back later the same day to seek further [...]
Drug could be developed to combat jetlag
The days of jetlag could be numbered after scientists report advances in the development of a pill that resets your body clock. Jetlag occurs when various natural timers within the body are knocked out of synch when traveling long distances and serves to and disrupt sleep patterns. This can lead on to more serious illnesses. [...]
Town pledges to help family living on $40 a month
Following a report in the ¨Foto Ciudadana¨(Citizen Photo), a program on the news source Radio Bío Bío, the local government of Lonquimay in Chile´s Arauncanía region has promised to look into the case of a family who lives on just $40 US a month. The report describes how Natividad Rojas and her two small daughters [...]
COANIQUEM implements campaign for ‘dangerous’ winter months
COANIQUEM, the Corporation for Assistance of Burned Children, begins its Burn Prevention Winter Campaign this Friday. They will target those areas affected by the earthquake as the housing situation and heating systems in these areas are less secure, which increases the probability for these type of injuries. Additionally, COANIQUEM will hold its annual fundraiser this [...]