Anita Moreno Regional Hospital

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The Anita Moreno Regional Hospital at La Villa de Los Santos
Ministerio de Salud de Panamá
Geography
LocationLa Villa de los Santos, Panama
Coordinates7°55′28″N 80°23′38″W / 7.92443°N 80.39400°W / 7.92443; -80.39400Coordinates: 7°55′28″N 80°23′38″W / 7.92443°N 80.39400°W / 7.92443; -80.39400
Organisation
Care systemNational Health Service
FundingPublic hospital
Hospital typeDistrict General
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds291
History
Founded1955
Links
ListsHospitals in Panama

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.

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

The new hospital will replace both the Psichiatric Hospital and the specialty Hospital. It has 256 beds and provides a full range of clinical services including an Accident and Emergency department.[1][2] The new hospital is expected to have 291 beds and will cover a population of 200 000 inhabitants in the Azuero region. Unfortunately, due to delay in the construction, the hospital will not be completed until 2017 but at that moment, this will be the only level 3 or 4 in the region.[3]

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