On Friday, December 5, Panama transferred 98 hospitalized patients from the old Manuel Amador Guerrero Hospital to new, modern facilities located in Coco Solo, which officially began operations. The general director of the Social Security Fund (CSS), Dino Mon Vásquez, emphasized that the promises made are being fulfilled: "Today we begin the opening of this hospital." The Manuel Amador Guerrero Hospital joyfully welcomed the birth of its first baby in its new facilities. Medical staff emphasized that the entire process unfolded smoothly and that both the newborn and the mother are in good health. For her part, Dr. Marlin Cedeño, national director of Health Services at the CSS, explained that meticulous logistics were executed to complete the total transfer of patients to the new hospital, an infrastructure ceded by the Ministry of Health to the CSS for its implementation for the benefit of the population of Colón. She added that "this hospital has a wide range of services: surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, neonatology, wound care and all the services typical of a second-level hospital, but with a higher level of complexity." The mobilization began early in the morning under an operation coordinated by CSS personnel, security agencies, the Transit and Land Transportation Authority (ATTT), the Colón Free Zone and the 911 Single Emergency Management System, guaranteeing a safe and orderly process for all patients. "The new center has twice as many beds as the old Amador Guerrero, which will allow us to expand capacity and offer the services that the people of Colón deserve."
Manuel Amador Guerrero (June 30, 1833 to May 2, 1909) was the first president of Panama from February 20, 1904, to October 1, 1908. He was a member of the Conservative Party. Early life Manuel Amador Guerrero was born on June 30, 1833, in Turbaco, in the Bolívar Department of the Republic of Colombia. He soon moved to Panama City and began working at the Hospital Santo Tomás. Very little is known about his childhood and teenage years, but he studied to be a surgeon and graduated from the Universidad de Magdalena e Istmo in 1854. Career Amador came to Panama in 1855 settling in Colón and started working on the Panama Railroad as a doctor. He also opened and ran a pharmacy near the hospital on Avenue B. He acted to the District Administration, working on the Municipal Council, and serving as a deputy to the House of Representatives for the Veraguas State in the Republic of New Granada in Bogotá from 1858 to 1859. After a year, he also took a job as the postmaster. In 1866, Amador was appointed as the first successor for the Conservative Party, in the elections for the President of the Sovereign State of Panama. When the President Vicente Olarte Galindo died in office in 1868, Amador was to succeed his term as acting president but because he was running in the election, he chose to allow the second successor Juan José Díaz to take the post as acting president. It is probable his first wife died, as on February 6, 1872, Amador married Manuela María Maximiliano de la Ossa Escobar. With de la Ossa, Amador had two children, Raúl Arturo, who as an adult was attached to the Panamanian consulate in New York City and Elmira María, who married William Ehrman, one of the owners of the Ehrman Banking Company.
