Cerro Azul, Panama
Thursday September 17, 2009
Staff Writer
or is it?
Alien or Animal?
The hottest buzz on the Internet is focused right here in Panama. Several teenagers stumbled upon this rubbery creature near a creek in the nearby community of Cerro Azul. Sources say it is eerily similar to the “Montauk Monster“, the yet-to-be identified animal photographed on a New York beach last year. Various claims allege it was a dead dog, a film prop or a marketing prank. Its remains have never been found. The Cerro Azul cadaver is most likely an albino hairless sloth. But then again, let’s wait to see if the guys in the white bio suits transport it to Hangar 84. We’ll keep you posted.
August 24, 2009
by Eric Jackson
The Panama News
Alarm bells went off when Minister of Public Works Federico Suárez announced that the Martinelli administration is “analyzing” a proposal for a “dry canal” linking Puerto Armuelles in Chiriqui province with Bocas del Toro, passing through Boquete. Read more here…
By José Vásquez for La Critica -
An American woman, 30 year old Patrice Lachon Clark, died early yesterday at dawn on Monday morning in a private health clinic in David, as a result of a presumed heart attack suffered after undergoing liposuction. “The woman entered the clinic on Saturday, underwent plastic surgery, came out of the operation, and spoke to her family members in the United States. She was then transferred to the recovery room of the company that assists patients undergoing operations. Later she suffered respiratory failure which the patient did not survive,” explained Dr. Paúl Alegría, the reconstructive and plastic surgeon who operated on the patient. Dr. Alegría said they conducted all of the required medical evaluations, briefed the patient on the risks of surgery, and the next day conducted the surgery. “We complied with the entire process. The risks of undergoing an operation of this type are the same as getting a filling in a tooth or undergoing a surgery of any kind – the greatest risk is during the operation,” he said.
The surgery began Saturday at 12:00 noon and Patrice died yesterday at 3:00 am. The First Superior Public Prosecutor, Franklin Amaya, said an autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death and to consider if there are merits to open an investigation for medical negligence. The American woman arrived from Houston, Texas, accompanied by other Americans who had already undergone liposuction with Dr. Alegría. The cost of liposuction is approximately $10,000. The relatives of Patrice Lachon Clark spoke yesterday with Dr. Alegría and asked for a medical forensic investigation, and for the corpse to be transferred to the United States.
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