Essalud projected to build 18 new hospitals in Peru

The executive president of EsSalud, Álvaro Vidal Rivadeneyra, announced yesterday that there are 18 new hospitals projected to be built in Peru, six of which will be within Lima.

The announcement was made after participating in a public ceremony for the inauguration of construction of the new Level III Villa Maria del Triunfo Hospital.  The hospital will be located between 26 of November and Defensores de Lima avenues, over an area of 19,000 square meters.  The investment for this infrastructure and implementation will be 40 million dollars.

The hospital will have delivery rooms,  hemodialysis and dialysis, surgical rooms, consult offices, primary care services, among others.

Mr Vidal indicated that the hospital will be ready in two years, and will benefit 250,000 insured patients, as well as the uninsured population within the district, thanks to an agreement with the district of Villa Maria del Triunfo.