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 Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:58 pm Post subject: HEALTHCARE IN PANAMA |
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HEALTHCARE IN PANAMA
OVERVIEW
Panama’s reputation as the most health-conscious country in Latin America dates back to the construction of the Panama Canal when the Isthmus was freed from tropical diseases. Not only did U.S. doctors help to eradicate malaria, yellow fever and typhoid; they inspired generations of Panamanian physicians to train in the US and Europe and return to their homeland to build hospitals with the latest technology.
With this background it is no wonder that Panama is now in the vanguard of the health concept.
Health care in developed countries is generally exorbitantly expensive often dogged by long waiting lists and indifferent care. Now, especially in the internet age of universal communication, people from these countries are realizing that they can get as good or better treatment in other countries at a lower cost- and have a holiday into the bargain.
Health and medical services in Panama are very good, mostly because medical professionals are well-trained abroad, bi-lingual and board-certified; and hospitals have the latest technologies for surgery and sophisticated procedures.
On most procedures Panama offers savings of more than 50% over US and European prices and in addition, medical expenses (including travel) can be deductible under US tax law. The recent influx of “Baby Boomers” into Panama will serve to keep improving the facilities offered here.
Patients feel at ease here in Panama because doctors and staff speak perfect English and feel that they are treated with respect and that doctors are genuinely interested in them as individuals instead of making them feel like a number.
Alternative and complementary and preventative medicine is also well-represented in Panama. In the two Chinatowns of Panama city, practitioners prescribe imported herbs which are available in Chinese Supermarkets. Acupuncture has its own professional body here -a branch of the Circulo de Investigadores de Acupunctura de China.
Other disciplines include Homeopathy, Homotoxology, Herbal Medicine, Prolotherapy, Intravenous Quelation, Magnetotherapy, Manual Therapies (Chiropractic, Reibi).
DIRECTORY OF HOSPITALS & CLINICS
Centro Especializado San Fernando
Via España,
Las Sabanas,
Panama City,
Panama
Tel: 507-229-0381
Centro Hemato-Oncologico Paitilla
Cl. 53 y Av. Balboa,
Marbella,
Panama City,
Panama
Tel: 507-263-3449
Fax: 507-264-6791
Email: chop@sinfo.net
Centro Hemato-Oncologico San Fernando
Via España,
Las Sabanas,
Panama City,
Panama
Tel: 507-229-6610
Fax: 507-261-2454
Email: ceho@sinfo.net
Centro Medico Nacional
Family Hospital Corporation,
Ave Justo Arosemena y Cl 38,
Panama City,
Panama
Tel: + 507 227 5444
Fax: + 507 227 5545
Centro Medico Paitilla
Avenue Balboa Calle 53,
Panama City,
Panama
Tel: + 507 263 6060
Fax: + 507 223 5076
Clinica Hospital San Fernando
Via Espana,
Las Sabanas Apdo 363,
Panama City,
Panama
Tel: + 507 229 3800
Fax: + 507 229 1599
Hospital Amador Guerrero
Cl. 10 y Paseo Gorgas,
Colón,
Panama
Tel: 507-441-5060
Hospital de Chepo
Chepo,
Panama City, Panama
Panama
Tel: 507-296-7728
Hospital Integrado San Miguel Arcangel
Vias Rdo. J. Alfaro y Transístmica,
Panama City,
Panama
Tel: 507-230-3475
Hospital Nacional
Family Hospital Corporation,
Ave Cuba & 38th-39th Street,
Panama City,
Panama
Tel: + 507 207 8100
Fax: + 507 207 8337
Website: http://www.hospitalnacional.com/
Hospital Punta Pacifica
Boulevard Punta Pacifica with Boulevard Punta Darien,
Paitilla,
Panama City,
Panama
Tel: + 507 204 8031
Fax: + 507 204 8010
Hospital San Judas Tadeo
Villa Lucre,
Panama City,
Panama
Tel: 507-277-7500
Fax: 507-277-7173
Hospital Santa Fe at the Panama Canal
Avenida Frabgipani Y Via Bolivar,
Apartado Postal 3320,
Panama City,
Panama
Tel: + 507 227 4733
Fax: + 507 227 3019
Hospital Santo Tomas
Cl. 34 Este y Av. Balboa,
Panama City,
Panama
Tel: 507-227-4122
Fax: 507-225-3530
Hospital Siquiátrico Nacional
Rio Abajo,
Panama City,
Panama
Tel: 507-224-1670
Fax: 507-224-1614
Policlinica General y Especializada de Rio Abajo
Rio Abajo,
Edif. Vent-Vue,
Panama City,
Panama
Tel: 507-224-4767
Fax: 507-221-6879 |
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