Established in Santisimo Sacramento, Asunción 001531(Paraguay)
The Central Hospital of the Instituto de Previsión Social (IPS), located in the Santo Domingo neighbourhood of Asunción, Paraguay, was inaugurated on 20 November 1969 and is a fundamental pillar of the country’s public health system. With 55 years of history, it attends an average of 3,800 daily outpatient consultations and more than 1,439 inpatients annually. It is the largest maternity centre in the country, with around 8,000 births per year, and performs thousands of diagnostic studies, transfusions and haemodialysis sessions per month. It has also made progress in bone marrow, kidney and corneal transplants, and in specialised treatments such as intrauterine surgery and neurointerventional procedures.
The hospital employs more than 1,967 professionals in 51 medical specialties and continues to expand its infrastructure with new outpatient centres, comprehensive specialties and future projects such as a haemato-oncology centre and an outpatient haemodialysis centre. It is the main point of care for IPS insured persons in Paraguay, offering highly complex services and contributing significantly to national public health.
Members:
- Laura Cantero, Medical Oncologist
- Horacio Lezcano, Pathologist
- Silvana Alfonso, Medical Oncologist
- Flora E. Arévalos, Medical Oncologist
- Humberto Galleano, Orthopaedic oncology surgeon
- Fabiana Soledad, Radiologist Oncologist
- Nilda N. Benítez, Radiologist Oncologist
- Alejandro D. Sotomayor, Radiologist Oncologist
- Bo Sung Kim, Onco hematologist pediatrician
- Virginia Enciso, Medical Oncologist
Established in ruta 02 PY km 24 1/2 Ramal a Aregua, Capiata. Paraguay
INCAN, also known as Hospital Oncológico Nacional (HON). It functions as the main reference centre in oncology in Paraguay, integrated by the HON and the National Cancer Control Programme (PRONAC).
It offers free care in the areas of Clinical Oncology (chemotherapy), Radiation Oncology (radiotherapy with linear accelerator and brachytherapy) and Surgical Oncology, as well as outpatient and emergency care. It provides palliative care and psychological support from the first diagnosis, with teams in outpatient clinics and inpatient units.
Members:
- Maria Lucila Gonzalez, Medical Oncologist
- Maria Luisa Cabañas, Pathologist
- Cinthia Gauna, Medical Oncologist
- Laura Angélica Rojas, Pathologist
- Elisa Ramirez, Surgical Oncologist
- Diego Gimenez, Radiologist Oncologist
- Nadia Rojas, Radiologist Oncologist
- Ana Martinez, Pathologist
