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Costa
Rica:
Hospital
CIMA
Prepares
Opening
in
Guanacaste
The
private
hospital
CIMA
is
getting
ready
to
open
is
doors
in a
few
weeks
in
what
will
be
its
second
hospital
in
Costa
Rica.
The
new
hospital
is
located
in
Liberia,
joining
the
San
José
(Escazú)
hospital
that
has
been
operating
for
the
last
12
years.
The
opening
date
has
yet
to
be
announced.
According
to
Gustavo
Lee,
operations
manager
of
the
medical
centre,
the
date
will
be
announced
soon.
Lee
calls
the
new
centre
the
"best
medical
option
in
the
North
Pacific".
The
new
hospital
is
generating
some
70
jobs,
which
most
of
the
hiring
will
be
from
the
local
areas.
Although
the
initial
capacity
if
of
six
hospital
beds,
it
can
quickly
be
expanded
to
triple
that
or
18
beds.
The
new
medical
centre
will
also
have
a
laboratory,
pharmacy,
radiology
department,
an
emergency
room
and
operating
rooms.
The
medical
centre
will
serve
the
270.00
permanent
residents
of
the
area
and
some
500.000
tourists
on
holiday
or
who
are
temporary
residents
in
Guanacaste.
The
opening
of
the
Hospital
CIMA
in
Guanacaste
will
allow
health
specialists
to
offer
their
services
at a
first
class
hospital
and
with
cutting-edge
medical
equipment.
The
hospital
is
located
in
the
Pacific
Plaza
(http://www.pacificplazacr.com).
The
CIMA
Hospital
Guanacaste
undoubtedly
will
become
a
pillar
for
the
development
of
the
area,
one
of
the
hardest
hit
country
by
the
economic
crisis
of
2008.
