HOSPITALS - Costa Rica
Hospital Clínica Bíblica - San Jose
Founded in 1929, the Hospital Clínica Bíblica boasts a distinguished history of providing world-class medical services and professional healthcare to thousands of patients from all around the world. Currently nearly 20% of the hospital’s patients are from abroad (either as international visitors or resident foreigners), most hailing from North America. The medical specialties and general healthcare services offered to patients are sustained by the finest medical support services in Costa Rica.
The hospital’s modern facilities, personalized services and highly skilled and caring medical staff make it one of the finest medical institutions in all of Latin America, and an ideal location for patients to recover in a safe and peaceful environment.
Hospital Clínica Bíblica is affiliated with the Ochsner Medical Institution in New Orleans, and is in the final stages of certification for the Joint Commission International Accreditation – the highest accreditation given to an international hospital. This would make the Hospital Clinica Biblica the first hospital in the region to receive this certification.
Additionally, the Hospital Clínica Bíblica has recently partnered with Homewatch Care Givers, a U.S. based franchise dedicated to providing professional and caring post-op care to patients after they leave the hospital.
Diagnostic Center
Full diagnostic services include state-of-the-art modern equipment for Ultrasonography, Mammography, Radiology and Florescence Microscopy. CAT scans and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are also available. There is immediate service by Telemetry with the Ochsner Medical Institute, so that diagnosis may be discussed by their doctors with specialists in New Orleans.
Clinical Laboratory
The complete on-premises laboratory, staffed by highly trained microbiologists, is equipped to do every type of examination in the fields of microbiology, parasitology, radio immunology, and immunology testing.
Hospitalization
In the event hospitalization is required, doctors and nurses are on duty 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to provide care to hospitalized patients. A modern 105-bed hospital facility, complete diagnostic capabilities, state-of-the-art major and minor surgical operating rooms, Intensive Care Unit, Coronary Care Unit, Renal Dialysis Unit, and a fully-stocked pharmacy... which is always open.