270 Surgeries Suspended
The possible contamination of 310,000 bags of saline solution caused 270 surgeries to be postponed at Hospitals Mexico, Calderon Guaria and San Juan de Dios. The quarantined bags were being analyzed at ITEC and UCR.
The suspected contamination occured at the CCSS plant in Heredia, where the solutions are made using an underground source. Parts of this source have been contaminated by an underground spill from a gas station in the area.