"The new facilities also have different amenities, including a helipad for air ambulances, connected to a specialized elevator that allows the patient to be placed in the operating room, emergency room or intensive care unit in 39 seconds.".
SANTIAGO– Unión Médica, a group with 27 years of experience providing healthcare services in this city, delivered two modern towers to the Northern Region, built with an advanced system designed to meet the highest safety standards. Walls and columns that can withstand up to two hours of fire and earthquakes of up to 8.4 on the Richter scale are among the advantages of this new facility.
President Luis Abinader and Vice President Raquel Peña led the delegation that inaugurated the new buildings, which also feature a helipad, a facade resistant to winds of up to 250 kilometers per hour, and amenities to place users in comfortable and exclusive spaces.
The project adds 21,160 square meters to the healthcare facility's services, including 92 patient rooms and 82 consulting rooms. It features an efficient vertical transportation system comprised of seven high-speed elevators and spacious staircases.
The newly opened Towers E and F of Clinical and Surgical Services have 13 levels of construction, which respond to the most modern criteria of medical care, where the patient is in the foreground, with the comfort, quality and warmth required.
The inauguration ceremony was led by Dr. Julián Sued, president of the Council of Doctors; Dr. Marino Pérez, treasurer; and Dr. Fausto Hernández, member. Minister of Health Dr. Daniel Rivera was also present
"The innovative building reflects a new concept of care, whose overall design is based on global best practices, ensuring that the patient and their family are in an exclusive space, designed for them," explains a press release from the entity.
It has 18 separate pre-operative rooms for men and women; 16 post-operative rooms; five operating rooms for general and specialty surgeries, one operating room for transplant and cardiovascular surgery, and two operating rooms for orthopedics.
"The services are distributed by levels, with the first level housing the latest diagnostic equipment and techniques, and the second level providing Hemato-oncological care, with comfortable waiting rooms for companions, hemodialysis and a comprehensive clinical laboratory service, among other services," the press release states.
The third floor houses the outpatient surgery area, or Day Hospital, with a waiting room for 50 people and separate pre-operative areas for men and women, accommodating up to seven patients simultaneously. This floor also features three VIP suites, including one with presidential amenities.
On the fourth level, users find the major surgery operating rooms with an extension of 2,000 square meters of construction, with operating rooms ranging from 40 to 50 square meters.
On its fifth floor, it has a complete service dedicated to rehabilitation medicine, which concentrates the area of general physical rehabilitation, cardiac rehabilitation dedicated to specialized treatments in outpatient diagnoses and the gym for cardiovascular activities or muscle strengthening, aerobic physical training and muscle building.
On the 13th floor is the area dedicated to teaching, with a new academic area with capacity for 160 people.
"The new facilities also have different amenities, including a helipad to receive air ambulance helicopters, connected to a specialized elevator that allows the patient to be placed in 39 seconds in the operating room, emergency room or intensive care unit.".
Private routes
The kitchen, laundry and warehouse services have private routes for supplying the entire hospital campus, thus ensuring the safety and quality of care.
Regarding user safety, the building features a construction system with a resistance capacity of up to 8.4 on the Richter scale and a facade that withstands winds of up to 250 kilometers per hour, in addition to a direct system that contains fire for up to 2 hours in its walls and columns; an evacuation staircase with a self-containment system for smoke and fire and a fire detection and extinguishing network that complies with international regulations for these purposes.
It has a 6-level parking garage, which adds up to a total of 1,063 parking spaces.
About the Medical Union
Clínica Unión Médica arose from the initiative of a group of young doctors from Santiago de los Caballeros, who envisioned a project unlike anything that existed in the Northern Region at the time. Their idea began to take shape in August 1994 with the construction of the Clinic Tower. The company was legally incorporated on June 25, 1995, and physically began operations in November 1997. It is currently one of the leading clinics in the region.
