The Hospital General de Itapúa provides free access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a method that reduces the risk of contracting HIV through sexual contact by up to 99%. The initiative is part of a national campaign by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare.
Hospital General de Itapúa
Hospital donde permanece el cuerpo de Francisco Alcides Saucedo Quiñónez.
An inmate at the CERESO in Cambyretá, convicted of femicide, is the main suspect in stabbing another 21-year-old prisoner during a fight in the deferred wing. The victim was hospitalized and has been discharged.
A collision between a car and a motorcycle in downtown Encarnación left the motorcyclist injured. The car driver tested positive on the breathalyzer, with 0.663 mg/l of alcohol in exhaled air. Inspector Giovanna Vera ordered the driver's release and the seizure of the vehicles.
On Saturday, May 17, two homicides were recorded in Cambyretá, Itapúa. A 28-year-old man was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head on a rural road, and another charred body was discovered inside a burned vehicle. Investigations are ongoing.
A 28-year-old man was discovered dead inside a fully incinerated car in Cambyretá, Itapúa, with a bullet wound to the head. Authorities are investigating the case as a homicide.