Gov. Pedro Pierluisi unveiled the concept and timeline for what will be a new full-service hospital on the island municipality of Vieques. The cost of the project that will break ground by year’s end has an associated investment of $56 million. The facilities will be constructed in phases starting in 2022 and finishing in 2024, […]
Nearly four years after losing its only hospital to the destruction caused by Hurricane María, the bidding process to rebuild the Vieques medical facility is officially underway. Gov. Pedro Pierluisi announced the start of the bid for architectural/engineering services for the conceptual drawings for the Susana Centeno Hospital in Vieques. He said $1 million has […]
The Steven Anthony Children’s Hospital (SACH) recently got its Certificate of Necessity and Convenience granted by the Puerto Rico Health Department, clearing the way to start its three-phase, $30 remodeling project, company officials said. The first phase — to be completed by 2022 — will focus on remodeling the treatment and research center, located in […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has obligated nearly $89 million to date to repair and rebuild hospitals and health centers across the island. More than half of the funds are for permanent work for 258 facilities that will benefit the communities and residents they serve, the agency confirmed. The federal investment in the local healthcare […]
Beneficiaries from the government of Puerto Rico’s Vital Plan affiliated to Molina Healthcare of Puerto Rico, now will have direct access to the services offered by Wilma N. Vázquez Hospital in Vega Baja, after an agreement reached between the two organizations. “We continue to strengthen and expand our provider network in the government’s health plan […]
The developers of the future Dorado Beach Health, a $107 million hospital facility that will raise the standard of care on the island and increase its potential to become the center of medical tourism in the region, announced the start of the construction. The property should open its doors in 2021 and will feature a […]
Since 1988, the San Jorge Hospital has been known as the first pediatric hospital in the Caribbean.
The investment included the design, configuration, acquisition, installation and equipment maintenance.
With an investment of more than $650,000, the largest network of affiliated hospitals in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, Metro Pavia Health System announced the expansion of the Dr. Susoni Metropolitan Hospital in Arecibo through the addition of offices in the Metropolitan Office Building.
The Castañer Medical Hospital received the 500th generator the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has installed in Puerto Rico for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, it was announced.
Following a period of much analysis and evaluation, the Mennonite Health System reached an agreement with the Episcopal San Lucas Health System to purchase the assets and operation of the Episcopal San Lucas Hospital in Guayama, effective Aug. 31.
Comprehensive Pharmacy Services, a provider of pharmacy management services, named Hospital UPR “2016 Site of the Year” for outstanding pharmacy performance.
The Comprehensive Cancer Center Hospital at the University of Puerto Rico will receive its first patients this February, three years after the start of its construction.
The Episcopal San Lucas Hospital in Ponce unveiled Tuesday a $2.5 million investment in its facilities, where it added a new Fetal Medicine Center, an Intermediate Emergency Room Unit, as well as new nuclear equipment.
Effective Wednesday and following a $2 million investment, the healthcare facility known as the Lafayette Hospital in Arroyo became part of the San Lucas Episcopal Health System and will begin operating under a new name: the San Lucas Arroyo Emergency and Integrated Medicine Center.
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