Hospital El Salvador | |
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Geography | |
Location | Salón Centro Americano, Avenida de la Revolucion 222, San Salvador, El Salvador |
Coordinates | 13°41′16″N 89°14′14″W / 13.68778°N 89.23722°W |
Organisation | |
Funding | Public hospital |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Beds | 400 (phase 1) 2,000 (phase 3) |
Speciality | COVID-19 |
History | |
Opened | 21 June 2020[1] |
Links | |
Website | covid19 |
Lists | Hospitals in El Salvador |
The Hospital El Salvador is a major hospital in San Salvador, El Salvador, which was planned to be the largest hospital in Latin America. The first phase was constructed between March and June 2020 as a conversion of the International Fair and Convention Center (Centro Internacional de Ferias y Convenciones, CIFCO) and formed part of El Salvador's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, exclusively receiving COVID-19 patients. Originally intended to be temporary, it was announced in June 2020 that the hospital conversion would be made permanent. In its first phase, the hospital has 400 available beds, a number which was expected to increase to 2,000 total beds upon completion of phase 3 of construction. However, phase 3 was not opened as a hospital and instead served as a vaccination facility. With the decline of the pandemic, the facility has been announced as the home for a new medical school and also houses offices for the Salvadoran health ministry.