Pacifica Salud is a hospital in

Panama City Panama City ( es, Ciudad de Panamá, links=no; ), also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has an urban population of 880,691, with over 1.5 million in its metropolitan area. The city is locat ...

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...

. It is the only hospital in Central America to be affiliated with

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. Attracting

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is a major component of its operating plan.

References

Hospitals in Panama Buildings and structures in Panama City Hospitals established in 1999 1999 establishments in Panama {{NorthAm-hospital-stub