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Liberia Hospital Expansion Approved
(Infocom) — Architect Gabriela Murillo Jenkins, infrastructure and technology manager for the Costa Rican Social Security System (CCSS) and the government entity’s executive president, Eduardo Doryan Garron, announced that that CCSS, last Oct. 9, has given the green light to the last phase of infrastructure expansion at Liberia’s Enrique Baltodano Hospital.

The project, which will cost 4 billion colones (little less than $8 million) in construction costs and 767 million colones ($1.42 million) in equipment, represents the culmination of an expansion process in phases that will allow Guanacastecans to have a modern medical center, satisfying all health needs of residents and tourists alike.
Funding for the project come from a loan provided by the Central American Economic Integration Bank (BCIE) to CCSS. The funds will make it possible to expand the hospital existing space so that new services can be offered. The contract for the project will be awarded following a public bidding process.
Services to be added thanks to the expansion include pathological anatomy, nutrition, teaching, procurement and maintenance. The bidding is expected to commence during the first semester of the coming year.
According to Guillermo Monge, a CCSS architect, construction of this project in phases is the most appropriate method, as expansion will take place in the same land where the existing hospital is located, without interrupting or affecting normal services.
“We are sure that when we finish this project, we will be delivering to Liberia, and Guanacaste in general, one of the largest and most important regional medical facilities in the entire country,” Monge said.
The final phase of Enrique Baltodano’s expansion (4,200 square meters of space will be added) is part of the overall hospital renovation endeavor that began in April 2000.

Throughout the country, CCSS is planning to invest some 559 billion colones (over $1 billion) during the next five years to improve medical services by renovating hospitals and clinics and bringing diagnostic and therapeutic equipment up to date.

According to Doryan and Jenkins, the goal is to strengthen public health services offered in every corner of the country.

The CCSS executive president explained that this ambitious renovation plan was drafted following a study of institutional needs, based on the country’s epidemiological profile and the human resource base CCSS has throughout the nation.

To satisfy Costa Ricans’ growing demand for medical services, CCSS is right now working on at lest 360 projects, at different stages of completion, “which means ours is a living institution that grows and renews itself,” Doryan pointed out.