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Published
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Social Security
builds $25
million-plus clinic in Guanacaste
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
On Monday, construction began for a new Social
Security clinic in Santa Cruz District in
Guanacaste Province, with an investment of
$25,025,540.
Services planned for the new clinic include general
medicine, nutrition, psychology, palliative care,
among others. According to Social Security, the new
clinic budget also includes construction and equipment
expenses.
The approximately 9,500 square meter clinic will be
located on 17,913.84 square meters of land close to
the current public clinic in that district.
According to Social Security, Santa Cruz has 13 public
clinics, known as Ebais. They employ 203 health
workers.
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