This work, whose approximate cost was $22,500 dollars, will include the services of hematology, chemistry, Urinal, Glucose Hemoglobin, PSA and feces.
Residents of the West Panama province, specifically the district of San Carlos, already have a new clinical laboratory, which was inaugurated this Thursday, August 25, at the San Carlos Health Center.
This work, whose approximate cost was $22,500 dollars, will include the services of hematology, chemistry, Urinalis, Glucose Hemoglobin, PSA and feces, explained José Baruco, Secretary General of the Ministry of Health at a ceremony held in San Carlos this morning.
He explained that the laboratory will directly benefit 24,890 people living in San Carlos.
For his part, the regional director of Health of Western Panama, Kevin Cedeño, stressed that thanks to the efforts of the Health committees, today this advance in health matters for this community is a reality.
“The objective of providing comprehensive care to the population in a positive way and thus improving the quality of care in the community,” Cedeño pointed out.
Liliana Diez de Aldrete, director of the Health Center, expressed that this is teamwork, in which many actors do their bit, with the initiative of the medical direction, the health committee of the Center, with the support of the federation of Health committees of the district of San Carlos formed by 42 committees and the company Cantera El Higo.