Anita Moreno Regional Hospital
| The Anita Moreno Regional Hospital at La Villa de Los Santos | |
|---|---|
| Ministerio de Salud de Panamá | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | La Villa de los Santos, Los Santos, Panama |
| Coordinates | 7°55′28″N 80°23′38″W / 7.92443°N 80.39400°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | National Health Service |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | District General |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 257 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1955 |
Anita Moreno Regional Hospital is a medium district general hospital near La Villa de Los Santos, Los Santos Province, Panama, run by the Ministerio de Salud. The hospital is located north-west of the village of El Ejido on Belisario Porras Road.
The hospital is under expansion by IBT Group on the site of the previous hospital at a cost of £102.9 million. Building work was started in the year 2012.
Location
[edit]The hospital is located on Belisario Porras Road, around 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) to the south-east of La Villa de Los Santos, close to El Ejido. It is surrounded by woodland on two sides.
History
[edit]The hospital was built on the site of what was originally a potrero that belonged to Anita Moreno. The site became a hospital in 1970, occupying 2 hectares of a 10 hectares lot.
New hospital
[edit]The new hospital will replace both the psychiatric hospital and the specialty hospital. It has 257 beds and provides a full range of clinical services including an Accident and Emergency department.[1][2] The new hospital is expected to have 257 beds and will cover a population of 100,000 inhabitants in the Azuero region. Due to construction delays, the hospital will not be completed until 2019; it will be the only level 3 or 4 hospital in the region.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "En agosto de 2017 entregan al nuevo hospital Anita Moreno | la Prensa Panamá". 3 March 2016.
- ^ Hospital regional Anita Morenogob.pa Archived 7 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "En 2017 entregarán hospitales | la Prensa Panamá". 27 May 2016.