Hospital Dia Uno

Today was another wonderful day in Costa Rica! We spent the morning at La Clinica Biblica (a private hospital) that is in the southern part of San Jose. This morning we went to a presentation on H1N1 known as the swine flu. It was pretty interesting. This is the pharmacy consultation window where we will spend some of out time.

One of the clinical pharmacists went and got us breakfast. It consisted of scrambled eggs, toast, and you guessed it... rice and black beans. It would not be a "Tico" or Costa Rican meal without rice and beans, even at 8am! After that we went and looked through some patient charts. It is really neat to see all the different medications (canadian and european) that they use here in Costa Rica! We have lots to learn!

This afternoon, I found heaven in Costa Rica! This is about 20 minutes from our house and it a huge huge MALL! It has every US and Foreign store that I could think of. I only had about 30 minutes to explore the different sites, but I know for sure I will be back!

This is 3 levels of absolute bliss! I am in love!


This is the view I had as I was walking home. Costa Rica is absolutely gorgeous and this wonderful country continues to amaze me!

This evening, we went to a lecture at UCIMED (the university) where we learned about the History of Costa Rica and the Health Care System. It was a wonderful day in Costa Rica. Maggie and I are starting to feel like we are locals here.

Here in Costa Rica, they call themselves Ticos. So goodnight, from the Ticos! :-)