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Pacifica Salud is a hospital in Panama City, Panama. It is the only hospital in Central America to be affiliated with Johns Hopkins Medicine International. [1] Attracting medical tourism is a major component of its operating plan. [2]
Panama has a concentrated HIV/AIDS epidemic, with the 2006 adult prevalence rate estimated at 0.92%. [10] In 2016, there were 21.000 people living with HIV in Panama, 54% were accessing antiretroviral therapy. Since 2016, the Ministry of Health has provided free HIV treatment for all. [11] The rate of HIV infection is increasing in Panama.
Centro Médico Paitilla — Panama City. Clínica Hospital San Fernando — Panama City, a full-service private hospital. Complejo Hospitalario Metropolitano Arnulfo Arias Madrid — Panama City, main social security hospital. Hospital de Especialidades Pediátricas — Panama City, a social security pediatric hospital.
Emergency medical services are primarily in Panama City where 911 service is available. Outside Panama City and David, they drop off dramatically. Boquete, Chiriquí has limited capability despite a large ex-pat population. [3] In the indigenous comarcas MINSA is the only provider and there are very limited hospital facilities.
Clinica Nacional (National Clinic), a small 10-bed facility with one operating room, one delivery room, and a small newborn unit, opened on 9 July 1973 at Justo Arosemena Avenue and 38th Street in Panama City, Panama.It exclusively provided OB/GYN services and became known as "Clinica de la Mujer" (The Women's Clinic).
The Impossible Dream: The Building of the Panama Canal. New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc. McCullough, David (1977). The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-24409-4. Schlesinger, Arthur T. (1999). Building the Panama Canal. Chronicles From National Geographic.
The National Oncologic Institute or ION (Spanish: Instituto Oncológico Nacional) is a specialized hospital for cancer treatment, located in Panama City, Panama.Between August 2000 and March 2001, patients receiving radiation treatment for prostate cancer and cancer of the cervix received lethal doses of radiation, resulting in eight fatalities.
As a result, WECP-LD became the CBS affiliate for the Panama City area when the station took to the air on September 24, 2012. [6] It is the second CBS affiliate that is licensed to the immediate Panama City market. WJHG had previously carried a secondary affiliation with the network from its December 1953 sign-on until 1961.