“COME SEE your MEDICAL OPTIONS - all in one place, coming to YOU¨ Boquete Heath FairOctober 14 – 1 to 4 pm – Feria de las Flores y Café de Boquete https://youtu.be/XJzCKgyaCvMHospital Chiriqui  Centro Medico Mae Lewis HRRL - Hospital Regional                          Hospital Materno…See More

  FREE  /  GRATISBoquete Health Fair  /  Feria de la Salud Octubre 14, 2018 - 1 to 4 pm(Feria de las Flores y del Café de Boquete, Salon de Arco Iris)   Link below for a “Quick Look” https:youtu.be/XJzCKgyaCvMhttps:…See More

HOSPICE FORMS WORKSHOP:  LIVING WILLSOn Thursday, Sept.6, Hospice will present a workshop on filling out your “Being Prepared” forms, especially the Living Will.  Workshop will be held at Amigos de Animales Event Center from 9:30 am. – approximately 12:00 p.m.  If you are finished prior to that time and have no more questions, feel free to leave.The Living Will is an important document explaining how you want to be treated should you become unable to make medical decisions for yourself.  Do you…See More

Know your medical options!  Come to the Boquete Health Fair on October 14, at the Boquete Fair Grounds from 1:00 - 4:00 to meet doctors, specialists, representatives from clinics, hospitals, labs and more.  Free testing is available for blood pressure and glucose.  Boquete Health & Hospice's mission is to support health in our community.  Click on the link below for more information:  https://youtu.be/XJzCKgyaCvM …See More

HOSPICE FORMS WORKSHOP:  LIVING WILLSOn Thursday, Sept.6, Hospice will present a workshop on filling out your “Being Prepared” forms, especially the Living Will.  Workshop will be held at Amigos de Animales Event Center from 9:30 am. – approximately 12:00 p.m.  If you are finished prior to that time and have no more questions, feel free to leave.The Living Will is an important document explaining how you want to be treated should you become unable to make medical decisions for yourself.  Do you…See More

HOSPICE’S LIVING WILL WORKSHOPDue to an overwhelming response for the Living Will Workshop, we are closing the registration.  There will be more workshops in the future.For any of you interested in this workshop who have never attended the “Being Prepared” presentation by Hospice, please do so.  A Living Will is not a stand alone item.  In Panama, it is so important that you know the entire picture of how you need to “be prepared”.  At least as best as one can know . Panama has its own laws,…See More

HOSPICE FORMS WORKSHOP:  LIVING WILLSOn Thursday, Sept.6, Hospice will present a workshop on filling out your “Being Prepared” forms, especially the Living Will.  Workshop will be held at Amigos de Animales Event Center from 9:30 am. – approximately 12:00 p.m.  If you are finished prior to that time and have no more questions, feel free to leave.The Living Will is an important document explaining how you want to be treated should you become unable to make medical decisions for yourself.  Do you…See More

Did you know that one of the most common causes of death is choking? Many of these deaths occur in restaurants where to staff are not properly trained in what to do if a customer is choking. Recently, one of the BHHF members was choking in a local restaurant and the server retreated into the kitchen.  What are the universal signs given for choking? What can you do if you are choking? What can you do to assist someone who is choking?  At our monthly meeting this Thursday, August 9th, 1:00…See More

Important Notice of Change of Venue Back to the Amigos de Animales Event Center!!! ​The Boquete Health and Hospice General Meeting will be held in the Amigos de Animales Event Center on Thursday, July 12, beginning at 1 pm.  There will be a short meeting followed by a presentation: Communication Strategies with the Cognitively ImpairedPresented by: Betty Landis, MS-CCC/SLP,Former Clinical Instructor/faculty at Florida State UniversityDept. of Communication Disorders The public is welcome to…See More

BHH general meetingwill beThursday, July 12, 2018 at 1:00pmNEW VENUE: Biblioteca de Boquete, 3rd floor The Public is welcome to attend.After a short meeting there will be a presentation on: Communication Strategies with the Cognitively ImpairedPresented by: Betty Landis, MS-CCC/SLP,Former Clinical Instructor/faculty at Florida State UniversityDept. of Communication Disorders The World Health Organization (WHO) made dementia a public health priority.“The number of people living with dementia is…See More

BHH general meetingwill beThursday, July 12, 2018 at 1:00pmNEW VENUE: Biblioteca de Boquete, 3rd floor The Public is welcome to attend.After a short meeting there will be a presentation on: Communication Strategies with the Cognitively ImpairedPresented by: Betty Landis, MS-CCC/SLP,Former Clinical Instructor/faculty at Florida State UniversityDept. of Communication Disorders The World Health Organization (WHO) made dementia a public health priority.“The number of people living with dementia is…See More

Welcome to the newsletter of Boquete Health and HospiceIs this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.Report on Being Prepared Part 2: What You Need to Know Juan Contreras and Lourdes Miranda, local attorneys, presented recently at BCP the second part of our Being Prepared presentation. They addressed the legal…See More

Welcome to the newsletter of Boquete Health and HospiceIs this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.Boquete Health and Hospice Has a New Medical Director  Dra. Digna Diaz has graciously agreed to be the new medical director of Boquete Health and Hospice. Dra. Diaz was the guest speaker at the BHH April…See More

Dra. Digna Diaz has graciously accepted the request to become Boquete Health and Hospice’s Medical Director. Dra Diaz has a busy practice in Boquete as her patients are both Panamanians and ex-pats. After graduating as a General Physician in 1999 from Universidad Autinoma De Ciencias Medicas De Centroamerica in Costa Rica, then…See More