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Poás Volcano
An active volcano with one of the world's largest crater lakes, an acidic turquoise pool measuring nearly 300 meters wide.
33 km · about 40 min drive
San José, Costa Rica · North America
San José sits on the route: 5 minutes from San Pedro, 33km from Poás Volcano.
San José is a city located in San José, Costa Rica. With a population of 335,007, it is an important destination in North America.
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In 1996, a series of radiotherapy accidents occurred in Costa Rica within the Alcyon II radiotherapy unit at San Juan de Dios Hospital in San José, Costa Rica. It was related to a cobalt-60 source that was being used for radiotherapy in. An accidental overexposure of radiotherapy patients treated during August andRead more
September 1996 was detected. During the calibration process done after the change of 60Co source on 22 August 1996, a mistake was made in calculating the dose rate, leading to severe overexposure of patients. The error of calibration was detected on 27 September 1996, after which treatments ceased. It was determined that over the course of the accident, 115 patients received an overdose of radiation and of those, 13 died of confirmably radiation-related injuries. This number does not account for the many potential deaths, suicides, and uncontactable former patients that are believed to have had plausible stochastic connection to the overexposures.
The San Juan de Dios Hospital, located in Costa Rica, was one of the major medical facilities offering radiotherapy services in the country. In the mid-1990s, this facility introduced cobalt-60 therapy machines as a means of treating cancer. Radiotherapy is a critical component in cancer management; however, it requires careful calibration and dosimetry to ensure safety and efficacy in therapeutic procedures.
Prior to the accident in 1996, international concerns were growing over the dangers of radiation therapy errors, especially in poorly equipped facilities where outdated equipment and a lack of regulatory supervision could compromise safety. Costa Rica's health system was in the process of being upgraded at the time, and although radiotherapy was an established treatment modality, the strict application of safety measures and quality control procedures might not have been consistently practiced.
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San José is located in San José, Costa Rica, North America. The coordinates are 9.9339 latitude, -84.0849 longitude.
San José has a population of approximately 335,007 people, making it a city in Costa Rica.
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natural wonder
An active volcano with one of the world's largest crater lakes, an acidic turquoise pool measuring nearly 300 meters wide.
33 km · about 40 min drive
mountain pass
The 3,335-m 'Mountain of Death', the highest point on Costa Rica's Pan-American Highway: a cloud-forest pass of paramo, quetzal country and roadside soda cafes.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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