There are now eight clinics dedicated to small outpatient surgery with international accreditation, strengthening the country's position as a medical tourism destination.
Zaldivar Clinic and Day Surgery Center are the two new hospitals accredited by the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities International (AAAASFI).
With the certification obtained by the Nuestra Señora de la Paz hospital the country has six internationally accredited hospitals.
From a press release by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
Medical Tourism is gaining ground in our country, an area in which officials from the Ministry of Tourism and the Salvadoran Tourism Corporation are seeking to position El Salvador as a sustainable and competitive destination.
The Nicaraguan hospital "Vivian Pellas" has become one of the five medical institutions accredited by Joint Commission International in Central America.
Elnuevodiario.com.ni reports: "With the accreditation of the Nicaraguan hospital "Vivian Pellas" by the Joint Commission International (JCI ) for the period 2013-2016, one of the five medical facilities which have received this endorsement in Central America, Nicaragua has taken center stage in the global medical tourism market starting with its diaspora " .
The winner will receive an award from Panama's CSS to manage the future hospital complex known as "Ciudad Hospitalaria" (Hospital City).
This complex is being built in the old antenna field in Chivo Chivo, on the road to the Centenario Bridge. The infrastructure will cost $587 million.
Acciona, Eulen, Aguaseo, B&G Truth Group, Vamed, Asisa Mediterránea and FCC attended the event for approving the conditions of the tender to outsource the administrative services of the complex.
The City of San Benito, Petén, is putting out to tender the construction of a nutritional recovery center and equipment of the Maternity Child Unit at the Regional Hospital.
CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT in BUILDING (S) NUTRITIONAL RECOVERY CENTER, REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF SAN BENITO, PETEN. Read more
The Honduran government is negotiating a loan with Korea for the construction of two hospitals in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula.
Mario Zelaya, director of the Honduran Institute of Social Security explained that "the value of each hospital would be 50 million dollars, these would resources provided to us by the Korean government after meet the requirements...
Hospital Metropolitano has announced the purchase and retrofit of a building in the center of the capital San Jose, with an initial investment of $5 million.
A statement from Hospital Metropolitano reads:
Hospital Metropolitano to have new Medical Tower
- The medical center will house 50 offices, and will offer specialties such as neurosurgery, obstetrics, orthopedics, and will include a pharmacy, optical services, coffee shop, a bank and indoor parking.
Banmédica is the largest private health organization in Chile, with investments in Colombia and Argentina, and with subsidiaries in the insurance sector.
With an average investment of $70 million annually for the past 12 years, Banmédica provides a wide range of health-related services, including clinics, laboratories, medical centers and medical rescue units. It also provides health insurance services.
The Honduran National Anti-Corruption Council objects to a tender awarded for the purchase and maintenance of medical equipment to a single bidder.
Recently, the Honduran Institute of Social Security approved $95 million to equip hospitals in San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa.
The coordinator of the National Anticorruption Council (CNA), Oswaldo Canales, considered it improper for a single company to participate in the bidding process and to then be awarded the contract.
Health officials have signed an agreement with the Italian government to equip Hospital María.
The first two items of equipment, of six lots in total, will be installed in January 2012.
"The construction of María Hospital, located east of the capital, near the colony Altos del Trapiche, began in 2000 at a cost of over $30 million leaded by the María Foundation ...", noted Proceso Digital.
Spanish company Health Lean Logistics (HLL) has won the contract to manage logistics in the Panamanian hospital network.
Health Lean Logistics (HLL) is a company specialized in design, implementation and managing of solutions in the field of logistics and purchase in the health sector.
"The company ... which has came out victorious in a tender filed by five other groups, will be responsible for the next three years of implementation and management of the supply chain applied to all hospitals, polyclinics and units from the Panamanian Social Security Fund, the entity bidding the health contract,” reports the article in Expansion.com.