NEW HOSPITALS ABROAD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R000400890001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 1, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. "Brazil Central Foundation Planning Construction of 350-Bed Hospital:
The construction-0 f this 350-bed hospital will be started sometime during
1953 at Aragarcas. It will fit the requirements of the area between
Aragarca and Xavantina. A bridge over the Araguia River will link the 25X1X6
states' of Goias and Mato Grosso. This,
25X1X6 his the result of plans that have been under consideration for
a number of years to unite two of the richest areas in Brazil.
2. "Institucion National De Examen Dia'nostico - Ined.: This is the name of
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Patients are interned only during the day, leaving the hospital after
tests are made. There are, therefore, only a few beds in the hospital.
Cost of construction is estimated at $175,000. Seventy specialists are
attached to the clinic. There is a foto-fluoroscope that takes a picture
per minute thus reducing the cost. One of the X-Ray machines is of German
design which speeds up the examinations. The diagnosis rooms can be dis-
mantled and used for other purposes. The offices are located on the lower floor
of another new building. Dr. Carlos A. Fernandez is the hospital manager.
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"Two New Social Security Hospitals To Be Constructed - One in Guayaquil and
one in Quito: Construction of these hospitals will be started sometime
in May 1953? The cost of each is estimated at approximately $1,500,000.
The hospital in Guayaquil will be completed in July 195+; the hospital
in Quito, in December 1954.
4. "One of the Largest Hospitals to Be Built In Mexico Has Just Been Placed In
erv ce: This hospital - the Hospital de la Raza - has been built by the
Mexi n Social Security System. It consists of eight buildings. It has
a total capacity of 800 beds, including 80 in a separate building for
contagious diseases and 18 in a section for premature infants. The hos-
pital has many modern installations, including televissn cameras in the
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operating rooms, air conditioning in all buildings, heating (something
that is not usual in Mexican hospitals), laundry chutes and ducts for
incinerators, The hospital has its own water and emergency electricity
plant. There is also an auditorium and buildings for nurses and doctors.
5. "The Mexican Social Security System also has a number of hospitals under
construction not only in the Federal Capital but in Acapulco, Guadalajara,
Monterrey and Oaxaca. The present network includes 44 clinics, seven
maternity hospitals, 214 first-aid posts in factories and 24 X-ray labor-
atories.
6. "Hospitals Under Construction: The Workmen's Hospital located in La Oroya
will be completed in May 1953. It has a capacity for 211 beds. Cost of
this hospital amounted to $500,000. Other hospitals under construction or
alteration: -
Hospital de Moquegua No. of Beds 60 (Being enlarged) Cost $65,000.
Moquegua, Peru
(Ministry of Health)
No. Chivay . of Beds 60
Equip. for Diag. & (Being enlarged) App. Cost-
Chivay, Peru Treatments $18,000.
(City Benevolent Society)
Hospital de Sullana No. of Beds 160 (Projected) App. Cost
Sullana, Peru. Equip. for Diag & 800 000.
(Ministry of Health) Treatments
Hospital Huancayo 1o. of Beds 160 (Being enlarged) App. Cost
Huancayo, Peru Equip. for Diag & 400,000.
(Ministry of Health) Treatments
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7. "Plans For The Erection Of A Children's Hospital Center: Dr. Eduardo
Barrientos, Minister of Public Health, in a press conference announced
the plans of the government to establish a Children's Hospital Center
where children of all ages may be properly treated. A commission has
been formed by Doctor Carlos Perez Cow a, Dr. Marcos Tulio Ma ana and
Dr. Adalberto Gomez Mira (the last two are pediatricians), together with
the Inspector General of Hospitals, Dr. Luis Gonzalo Oliva, to study this
project. It will involve the addition of nine stories to the present
Benjamin Bloom Hospital. This annex will be furnished with the most modern
clinical equipment suitable for treatment of children's diseases. Costs
will be covered by a fund left for this purpose by the deceased banker,
Mr. Benjamin 1.1-100Z. The fund amounts to $1,200,000. Bids may be made
now for construction and the clinical equipment required.
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8. "Central Hospital of Barquisimeto: According to Dr. Leopoldo Garcia
Maldonado, Director of Hospitals of the Ministry of Health, this hospital
will be opened early in 1954. It will serve the states of Lara, Yaracuy,
Portuguese and Barinas. The new nursing school erected beside the Central
Hospital will be inaugurated. in July or.August of 1953."
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