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Costa Rica opens new public hospital



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Published on Tuesday, January 28, 2025
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff






Social Security (CCSS) has officially opened the  Monsignor Victor Manuel Sanabria Martinez public hospital in Puntarenas Province.



Officials said the new facility will offer high-quality health services to more than 350,000 residents in the region.



Last week, the hospital began transferring 75 patients from the previous building, including those from the surgery, pediatrics, gynecology, obstetrics, and neonatology units.



The new hospital infrastructure consists of two innovative buildings, one with five levels that will offer specialized services such as hospitalization, outpatient surgery, emergencies, operating and delivery rooms, intensive care, gynecological oncology, medical oncology, chemotherapy, hemodynamics, optometry and cardiology, and another of one level that will house industrial, laundry, maintenance and supply areas, in addition to a heliport that will guarantee accessibility in critical situations and from places that are difficult to reach.







The new hospital will replace the old structure that had been severely affected by the Nicoya earthquake in 2015 and will expand its care capacity with 300 hospital beds and 32 neonatology beds, as well as 64 consulting rooms and 14 operating rooms.  It will also enable the first semi-automated medicine dispensing service in the country.


The cost of the project is $225 million, of which the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) financed $130.4 million and Social Security covered the remaining amount.


According to CABEI,  funds came from the "Hospital Infrastructure and Equipment Renovation Program" approved for $270 million for Costa Rica, which was also used to build and equip new medical towers at La Anexión Hospital in Guanacaste Province and the Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia Hospital in San José Province.


The  Social Security (CCSS) is the state-owned organization in charge of the country's public health sector.


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