Juan Pablo Pina Hospital

The hospital is located at calle Santome #42, about 10 minutes walk (8 blocks) from the central plaza and 30minutes west of Santo Domingo. The hospital was named after the Dominican patriot Juan Pablo Pina (1814 - 1876).  It was built after Hurricane San Zenon hit the area in 1930. It was initially a 10 bed hospital.  In 1945 a newer hospital of 250 beds was built on its present location.

Juan Pablo Pina Hospital – One cubic block long and wide.  Note Taxi cab waiting in front of the hospital

Hallway in the hospital.

Front entrance of the hospital.

Patient room in the Hospital.  Note 3 beds per room.

Surgical ward/Recovery room: 15 beds/male side, 15 beds/female side.

Outside the General Surgery Clinic

The Operating Room: Mount Sinai surgery resident Rachel Wellner and Dr. Moises Reyes perform a subtotal thyroidectomy on a patient with Graves’ Disease