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Puerto Rico's indigent population has relied exclusively on the local government for their healthcare needs since the start of the island's commonwealth status. The government maintained several hospitals, emergency centers, and free clinics , including the Rio Piedras Medical Center ( Centro Médico in Spanish) which is considered the largest ...
The Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Secretario de Salud de Puerto Rico) leads the Department of Health of Puerto Rico and all efforts related to health in Puerto Rico. [ 1 ] Secretaries
The Puerto Rico Department of Health (PRDOH) (Spanish: Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico) is one of the Cabinet-level agencies directly created by Article 4, Section 6 of the Constitution of Puerto Rico. It is headed by a Secretary of Health, appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico and requiring the advice and consent of the Senate of ...
Reforma de Salud de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Health Reform) – locally referred to as La Reforma ('The Reform') – is a government-run program which provides medical and health care services to the indigent and impoverished, by means of contracting private health insurance companies, rather than employing government-owned hospitals and ...
González Feliciano is working with the Puerto Rican Task Force on combating the COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico. He announced on March 28 that the two laboratories handling tests for COVID-19 would work 24 hours a day to process up to 300 tests. He will expand the capacity at Bayamón hospital form 100 to 150 hospital beds. [2]
A massive power outage blanketed most of Puerto Rico early Tuesday, leaving more than 1.2 million people without electricity. Here's what to know about the blackout and Luma Energy, which handles ...
The Puerto Rico Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration [1] —Spanish: Administración de Servicios de Salud Mental y Contra la Adicción (ASSMCA)— is a Puerto Rico-based organization associated with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. [2]
Susana Centeno Family Health Center (Spanish: Centro de Salud Familiar Susana Centeno, CSFSC) is the hospital in Vieques, Puerto Rico. It is administered by the Puerto Rico Department of Health. The hospital is currently being rebuilt after closing in 2017 due to damage sustained in Hurricane Maria.