CABEI approved a line of credit to be used by the Costa Rican Social Security Fund to finance construction and equipment projects for the Monsenor Sanabria Hospital in Puntarenas, the Max Peralta Hospital in Cartago and the William Allen Taylor Hospital in Turrialba.
The "Regional Hospital Infrastructure Strengthening Program" of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), which includes this loan, will finance the design, construction, equipment and maintenance of the three hospitals, which together will have a construction area of more than 200,000 m2 and will house space for more than 1,000 new beds.
In San Salvador, construction began on a 20-story tower that will house clinics, specialized medical centers and office space related to the sector's business, such as pharmaceutical, insurance and medical equipment companies.
The project called "Torre Humana" which is developed by Calidad Inmobiliaria, is currently in the demolition stage of the existing infrastructure on the site to be built. The land is located on La Capilla Avenue in Colonia San Benito, in the capital of El Salvador.
In Costa Rica, the Hospital Metropolitano announced that in the next three years it will invest in the opening of four new locations and in the expansion of services in some branches that already operate.
Although no further details are provided regarding the locations of the new headquarters of the business group, directors of Grupo Montecristo, the main shareholder of Hospital Metropolitano, said that the establishments will operate inside and outside the Central Valley.
Due to the economic crisis caused by the pandemic, the income of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund was reduced, which puts at risk the financing of 120 infrastructure projects that together total an investment of approximately $1.521 billion.
Prior to the pandemic, Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social (CCSS) plans were to tender and execute over the years 2021-2030, more than a hundred infrastructure projects.
Paitilla Hospital, located on 53rd Street in Panama City, is a point that is 15 minutes away by car, and has a potential market of 380 thousand consumers, of which 13% are interested in health care issues.
Using the Geomarketing solutions we have developed for our clients, CentralAmericaData's Trade Intelligence team analyzed the environment of some of the main hospital locations in Central America. Below is an extract of the study's findings.
Arguing reasons of force majeure, the construction company Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas requested the Panamanian Social Security Fund to unilaterally cancel the contract for the construction of the hospital complex.
This mega-project has been delayed for several years.
The Judicial Power of Costa Rica tenders the construction of the Auxiliary Morgue of the existing autopsy room and bathrooms of the pathology area of the Judicial City of San Joaquin de Flores, Heredia.
Yarden Oakland Hospital is planning to build a health care center in zone 10 of Guatemala City that will have 7 basements and 15 levels.
According to the interactive platform "Construction in Central America" of the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, Yarden Oakland Hospital S.A., submitted to the Ministry of Environment the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to develop the hospital project.
In 2019, 20 environmental impact studies were submitted to build hospitals, clinics and other health care centers in the countries of the region, projects valued at $340 million.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", of the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, includes an updated list of public and private constructionprojects that present environmental impact studies (EIS) to the respective institutions in each country.
The business sector in Nicaragua reported that private hospitals asked to be authorized to perform the tests that can determine if a person is a virus carrier, but so far they have not received a response.
Representatives of the Consejo Superior de la Empresa Privada (COSEP) explained that the Ministry of Health (Minsa) tests are done manually and private laboratories perform them automatically.
The Social Security is tendering the construction of the Regional Hospital of the East, which will be in the municipality of Zacapa and will have a construction area of approximately 33,000 square meters.
After the claims were solved, the Panamanian Ministry of Health awarded the contract to build and equip the new Children's Hospital to the consortium Acciona Construccion S.A.
The last claims of this work, which has been trying to be awarded for years, arose after the results of the competition were known, since the report of the Evaluation Commission details that the proposal of Consorcio CAMCE, worth $613 million, obtained a score of 72 and that of Consorcio Acciona Construcción, S.A., valued at $614 million, had a score of 87.92. See details of the evaluations (in Spanish).
Now the Ministry of Health has asked the General Directorate of Public Contracting to reject the claim presented by the consortium Camce Hospital del Niño, in the tender to build and furnish the hospital in Panama.
The work, which has already been five years without being awarded, now depends on what the General Directorate of Public Contracts (DGCP) decides, in response to the proposal of the Ministry of Health (Minsa).
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