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Published Tuesday, March 24, 2020
$14 million invested to enablea coronavirus treatment hospital By the A.M. Costa Rica staff The facilities of the National Rehabilitation Center have been renovated to be used as a hospital specialized in treating patients infected with coronavirus covid-19, confirmed Social Security in their statement. According to the authorities, $14 million was invested in the remodeling and purchase of specialized equipment. The hospital is located in the canton of La Uruca in San José province. It has 88 beds that could be used if other public hospitals are unable to care for people who could be infected with the virus in the next few weeks. Authorities confirm that the hospital has adequate infrastructure to deal with this pandemic. Among the improvements were the renewal of the electrical network, the installation of an internet network, an area to attend to patients with respiratory deficiencies, air conditioning, X-ray equipment, beds, monitoring screen systems, among others. The hospital will be receiving their first patients infected with coronavirus in the next week, authorities said, in an area with 44 confirmed beds. The rest of the beds to be installed in April. According to the Social Security statement, in addition to the new hospital they plan on opening more special areas to attend patients in the public hospitals as Monseñor Sanabria in Puntarenas Province, William Allen in Cartago Province, Mexico hospital and Calderón Guardia hospital in San Jose Province, San Carlos hospital in Alajuela Province, among others. Last week, three public hospitals began lab tests for the detection of coronavirus covid-19, confirmed the Ministry of Health. Experts from Hospital México, Hospital San Juan de Dios and National Children’s Hospital are implementing lab tests on people suspected of being infected with coronavirus. So far, those are the only hospitals where the covid-19 test is available. Only Social Security labs located throughout the country are giving the results within 12 hours. ------------------------- Should the Ministry of Health authorities enable more virus lab tests in other hospitals or clinics? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to news@amcostarica.com |
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