Established in Av.Balboa y Calle 34,0816-00383 (Panama).
The Hospital del Niño Dr. José Renán Esquivel is a paediatric institution of national reference in Panama, dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment and research of diseases in the paediatric population. Its history dates back to 1958, when it was created as an autonomous entity under the management of a Board of Trustees, thanks to the impulse of the Lions Club and the leadership of prominent physicians such as Dr. Rodolfo Arce and Dr. José Renán Esquivel.
Since its beginnings, the hospital has constantly evolved, expanding its infrastructure and services. It has been a pioneer in the training of paediatricians in the country, and has promoted the humanisation of care, allowing the presence of family members during hospitalisation and offering psychosocial support programmes.
Its achievements include the implementation of cardiovascular surgery programmes, the creation of the country’s first milk bank, the development of neonatology and paediatric oncology services, and the strengthening of its capacities in research, teaching and international cooperation.
Currently, the hospital is in the process of building a new modern headquarters, with the aim of improving the quality of care and responding to the growing demands of child health in Panama and the region. The institution maintains strategic alliances with national and international organisations and actively participates in continuous training initiatives, medical innovation and the defence of children’s rights.
Members:
- Patricia Bonilla, Orthopaedic Oncologist
- Karina Quintero, Head of Oncology
Established in 2CGC+VGC, Panama
The High Complexity Clinical Hospital has the most advanced hospital medical care in the region; its mission drives the diagnosis, procedures and treatment of complex internal medicine diseases, including gastroenterology, rheumatology, allergology, endocrinology, endoscopy and others.
Vision
To be the leading Panamanian social security institution, committed to providing quality, transparent, sustainable and supportive care to the insured.
Mission
To provide efficient, timely, safe and quality health services and economic benefits, with highly qualified and committed human resources that guarantee the protection and social security of the insured with transparency and accountability.
Principles and Values
The principles and values of the SSC are fundamental elements which, together with the Vision and Mission, form the guiding framework on which the Strategic Objectives are based, and serve to specify its foundations, its social commitment and work strategies, in order to obtain greater benefits and achieve the expected results, which should translate into an improvement in confidence and quality of care for the insured:
- Integrity: uprightness and honesty in the institution’s actions, in order to achieve transparency in the proposed results.
- Solidarity: guarantee of protection for insured persons in times of greatest vulnerability.
- Quality: ideal quality of behaviour on which the institutional culture is based, in relation to the perception of satisfaction of policyholders.
- Commitment: obligation undertaken by the institution to ensure the confidence of insured persons in the financial and health benefits, guaranteeing them in an efficient, effective and efficient manner.
- Responsibility: to assume the duties and obligations necessary to improve the security of health and financial benefits.
- Compassion: to understand, care for and listen to insured persons in order to respond to their needs, recognizing their dignity as human beings, without distinction of any kind.
- Effective and assertive communication: effective, consistent, clear, direct, balanced, honest and respectful transmission of the social commitment to policyholders.
- Accountability: Commitment to keeping clear information and accounts in order, timely, accurate and public.
- Governance: leadership of the institution in decision-making and the process by which decisions are implemented, or not.
- Transparency: the institution’s duty to make information about its management, resource management, the criteria underpinning its decisions and the conduct of its officials publicly available.
Members:
- Marina Pachecho Rovira, Pathologist
- Ahmed Atherley, Orthopaedic Oncologist
Established in Pacific Center The Panama Clinic, torre B, C. Ramon H. Jurado, Panama
The Centro Hemato Oncológico Panamá is made up of a group of medical specialists in oncology, haematology and related professions, who since 1994 have been dedicated to the management of patients with cancer and blood diseases.
Our team includes renowned oncologists, haematologists, radiation oncologists, palliative care, oncology nutrition, psycho-oncology, geriatrics, paediatric haematology, clinical research, five nurses with a master’s degree in oncology, pharmacists and oncology psychologists. Our doctors are members of the American College of Physicians (FACP), the Panamanian Society of Oncology, the Panamanian Society of Haematology, among others.
We have managed to establish professional links with other centres in the United States and Europe, to achieve high standards of health service, also allowing us to provide updated and continuous teaching to our doctors for the benefit of our patients.
Our greatest satisfaction is the warmth and humanity we offer our patients. Every year we walk with our patients and survivors to accompany them in their struggle and to give them hope. We are happy to see that we have achieved a better quality of life for patients and survivors who have gone into remission.
Members:
- Fernando Diaz, Research and Bioethics Senior Advisor
- Franklin Castillero, Medical Oncologist
