María Patricia Enríquez, una paciente de 41 años originaria de Ecuador, llegó al HIC Instituto Cardiovascular en Bucaramanga, Colombia, para someterse a una cirugía de alta complejidad que le salvó la vida.
What began in 2022 with persistent fatigue, shortness of breath, frequent vomiting, and a growing sense of suffocation ultimately changed the life of María Angélica Bonett, a nursing assistant from Ocaña, a city in northeastern Colombia. When she sought medical help, her symptoms were initially attributed to anxiety and post-COVID-19 sequelae, which delayed an accurate diagnosis.
Hospital Internacional de Colombia (HIC) and Mayo Clinic announced on June 27 that HIC in Bucaramanga has joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network. HIC is the first hospital in Colombia and in South America to join the network, a group of carefully vetted health care organizations.
After receiving a painful diagnosis of a herniated disc, Carlos Molano traveled from Panama to the Hospital Internacional de Colombia (HIC), where he found relief through a minimally invasive procedure rarely performed on young patients.
The International Hospital of Colombia (HIC) and its Cardiovascular Institute are the first in Colombia to incorporate two Mantra 3 robotic surgical systems—an advanced technology used in cardiac, oncologic, abdominal, and other complex procedures
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