Anita Moreno Regional Hospital
| The Anita Moreno Regional Hospital at La Villa de Los Santos | |
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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°WCoordinates: 7°55′28″N 80°23′38″W / 7.92443°N 80.39400°W |
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| 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 . 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[]
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]
See also[]
References[]
- Hospitals in Panama
- Los Santos Province