More medical centers moving to the most visited beach towns

Posted on May 29, 2012 by admin

The private hospital CIMA is getting ready to open its doors in a few weeks in what will be its second hospital in Costa Rica. The new hospital is situated in Liberia, joining the main one in Escazú, which has been operating for the last 12 years.

The opening date has yet to be announced. According to Gustavo Lee, operations manager of the medical centre, the date will be announced soon. Lee calls the new centre the “best medical option in the North Pacific”. The new hospital is generating some 70 jobs, which most of the hiring will be from the local areas. Although the initial capacity if of six hospital beds, it can quickly be extended to triple that or 18 beds.

The new medical centre will also have a laboratory, pharmacy, radiology department, an emergency room and operating rooms. The medical centre will serve the 270.00 permanent residents of the area and some 500.000 tourists on holiday or who are temporary residents in Guanacaste. The opening of the Hospital CIMA in Guanacaste will allow health specialists to offer their services at a first class hospital and with cutting-edge medical apparatus.

But not only the northern region of the Pacific Coast will have this kind of centers, as well the Central Pacific keeps improving its medical centers due to the great demand of tourists, retired foreigners and the increased number of people moving to the area.

Marjorie Arroyo from Clínica Bíblica said that currently the Medical Center is working with a General Doctor, who’s able to attend minor procedures and exams. If there are major complications that cannot be treated at the Clinic en Herradura, Los Sueños, patients will be submitted to the Hospital in San José.

Currently there is also a monthly visit from a dermatologist, being one of the most common health issues on a tropical region.

Approximately in one or two months the branch will have its own pharmacy, “We have the space and all the permits to open in approximately one month our own drug store” Arroyo said.

In the near future there will be more specialized doctors coming frequently. Arroyo also said that both foreigners and national citizens come to the clinic with different consultations with the permanent doctor, Dr. Erisel Sanabria Coto.

“We’re a small branch, so we decided to currently work with a dermatologist only, but we’ll start implementing more specialists in the course of the year”, commented Arroyo.

Clinica Bíblica has been very excited about their Los Sueños branch, as they bring with them the backing of hundreds of doctors and specialists, a complete state-of-the-art private hospital in San Jose, pharmaceutical department, and more along with over 80 years experience in the medical health industry in Costa Rica.