Exchange students will be placed in three different hospitals in Panama City. These are next to each other.

Hospital Santo Tomás
This is the "First Hospital" of our country. Although it is not the biggest, it offers almost every specialty for the adult population. It is a Third Level hospital (i.e. they have residency programs).

The Old Building, which is being remodeled, was built during the 1920s and inaugurated September 1st, 1924 by Dr. Belisario Porras, one of the greatest presidents of our republican history. By that time it was considered to be a huge building, that people called it "The White Elephant". But as the years passed, the hospital ran out of space. New buildings were added recently. Today, the hospital keeps its leading status of those run under the system of the MINSA.

For more info, visit www.hst.sld.pa

Hospital del Niño
Just beside Hospital Santo Tomás, this is a paediatric hospital which offers all the specialties for children. Families from all over the country come here to seek specialized care for their children.

Hospital del Niño works very closely with Hospital Santo Tomás, to the point that when mothers give birth in Santo Tomás, neonatologists from Hospital del Niño and obstetricians from Santo Tomás work together. Newborn children who need special care are taken to Hospital del Niño.

For those of you who decide to do a clerkship in Paediatrics, this is the hospital where you will be placed.

For more info, visit www.hden.sld.pa

Complejo Hospitalario Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid de la Caja de Seguro Social
It is the biggest hospital in the country. It is known for its surgical specialties. It was built for the Social Security System, and mainly workers, professionals and their dependents are the ones who attend to this hospital.

The hospital is located just in front of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Panama.

For more info, visit www.css.org.pa