NewsWhore
01-16-2007, 05:20 PM
Santiago plans to become the leading medical city in the Caribbean, with the opening of its state-of-the-art Santiago Metropolitan Hospital (HOMS) this spring. The hospital's board of directors' president, Rafael Sanchez Espanol expects to see an increase in health tourism, with more visitors coming to the DR for medical services. HOMS is being built at a cost of US$50 million, of which the Dominican government has paid 20%, as reported in Listin Diario. The hospital is scheduled for inauguration on 30 March. Sanchez said that the hospital will feature the latest in medical technology and will become a national and international reference point in medical care.
Sanchez also announced that the hospital has already signed agreements with the University of Medellin in Colombia for organ transplants; with a clinic in Caracas, Venezuela for aid in spinal surgery and with the Technology Institute of Monterrey in Mexico for bone marrow transplants. The hospital will include a burns unit, full surgery services, an intensive care unit, emergency services, a maternity ward, and other facilities. The hospital has capacity for 200 doctors' offices and 200 hospital beds. The HOMS will be private, but Sanchez clarified that the hospital would also serve members of the government's new social security plan. The hospital will also have a charitable foundation to help with medical needs in the region.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)
Sanchez also announced that the hospital has already signed agreements with the University of Medellin in Colombia for organ transplants; with a clinic in Caracas, Venezuela for aid in spinal surgery and with the Technology Institute of Monterrey in Mexico for bone marrow transplants. The hospital will include a burns unit, full surgery services, an intensive care unit, emergency services, a maternity ward, and other facilities. The hospital has capacity for 200 doctors' offices and 200 hospital beds. The HOMS will be private, but Sanchez clarified that the hospital would also serve members of the government's new social security plan. The hospital will also have a charitable foundation to help with medical needs in the region.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)