Nicaragua Opens Hospitals,
Childcare Centres
MANAGUA - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega
officially opened 14 hospitals and health
care centres and 24 childcare centres as
part of activities celebrating the 31st
anniversary of the victorious Sandinista
Revolution.
Ortega gave closing remarks Wednesday night
at a forum on municipal governments attended
by hundreds of city council representatives,
and officially inaugurated the health
facilities and childcare centres.
Part of a Sandinista government program
called "Amor" ("Love") to support working
women, the 24 new childcare centres have a
capacity to care 3,000 children.
Eight of those facilities are located in the
capital, three in Leon, a similar number in
Jinotega, two in Matagalpa, an equal number
in Chontales and Masaya, and one each in
Carazo, Esteli, Rio San Juan, and Nueva
Segovia.
Ortega also opened four primary care
hospitals in Managua, Leon, Madriz and the
South Atlantic Autonomous Region, as well as
various healthcare centres, including five
in Managua, and one each in Matagalpa,
Esteli, Chontales, Carazo and Chinandega.
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