More medical clinics being built
Dominican and foreign companies are building major medical clinics in four cities in the country with an investment of around USD$600 million. The centers will all have high technology and will compete for the 29% of Dominicans who use private health service rather than the free services at the public health sector, and to meet the demands of the growing health tourism market.
The centers will be based in Greater Santo Domingo, Santiago, Bavaro and Punta Cana.
It is reported that these high tech facilities will comply with international health care standards and supplement the hospital bed deficits there currently exist in the private sector.
The first of the clinics is the Metropolitan Center for Advanced Medicine (CEMAV), in the National District, with an investment of over US$70 million, using funds from Dominican, European, Asian, Venezuelan and North American banks. It will have 180 beds, 150 doctors and 300 nurses and will open in the first quarter of 2019.
It is owned by Stragy Group, which is Venezuelan and American and the investors are currently providers to the Dominican state for medical equipment, and consumable and provide material to at least five of the main dialysis centers in the country.
A market study has shown that the deficit of beds in private clinics in Santo Domingo is more than 5,000 and in the area where CEMAV is located there is a 700-bed deficit,
The second center is for diabetes and is the Medical Center for Diabetes, Obesity and Specialities (CEMDOE), which will benefit 10,000 patients and have 150 staff. It will be located on Luperón Avenue and is backed by Mariela Vicini.
The International Medical Group (IMG) is also under construction with Venezuelan capital and is located on the Bavaro Boulevard in front of El Cocotal and Villas Bávaro, It will offer services in 20 specialties and 40 beds.
Finally, the Sanitary Rescue City is a hospital complex located within the hotel sector in Bavaro Punta Cana with an investment of US$100 million. This is a general hospital with a surgical center specializing in orthopedic surgery, spinal surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery. It will have 140 beds, expects to have 750 staff of which 100 will be doctors and 160 nurses. The first stage began in 2017 and it is expected to be completed in 2020.
Source: DR1, Hoy
May 15, 2018
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