Anita Moreno Regional Hospital

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The Anita Moreno Regional Hospital at La Villa de Los Santos
Ministerio de Salud de Panamá
Anita Moreno Regional Hospital
Geography
Location La Villa de los Santos, Los Santos, Panama
Coordinates 7°55′28″N80°23′38″W / 7.92443°N 80.39400°W / 7.92443; -80.39400 Coordinates: 7°55′28″N80°23′38″W / 7.92443°N 80.39400°W / 7.92443; -80.39400
Organisation
Care system National Health Service
Funding Public hospital
Type District General
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds257
History
Opened1955

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.

Contents

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

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

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

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]

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References

  1. "En agosto de 2017 entregan al nuevo hospital Anita Moreno | la Prensa Panamá". 3 March 2016.
  2. http://www.minsa.gob.pa/noticia/hospital-regional-anita-moreno-tendra-nueva-cara
  3. "En 2017 entregarán hospitales | la Prensa Panamá". 27 May 2016.