Staff and medical personnel will be able to focus on deploying the national medical record, providing 24-hour care and service, and responding to the increase in appointments, emergencies, and medication delivery.
Members of the Social Security Fund (CSS) Board of Directors, the Ministry of Health (Minsa), and the National Oncology Institute (ION) presented the Council of Ministers with the progress of the medical services integration plan. Highlights include improved oncological care with the construction of a new building for this specialty at Ciudad de la Salud.
During the presentation, given by the Director of CSS, Dino Mon; the Minister of Health, Fernando Boyd Galindo; and Marcos Young, Director of Medical Services and Benefits of the CSS, it was explained that, due to its social impact on over 100,000 specialized consultations, this new structure and other facilities are projected to expand the services provided to the Panamanian population.
At the Cabinet session, chaired by the President of the Republic, José Raúl Mulino, the authorities requested approval for the new ION and its parking lots, which cover a construction area of 19,670 square meters.
The new ION building will have 9 levels, featuring an outpatient chemotherapy room with 90 chairs and 8 beds for extended treatments, among other facilities such as a clinical and molecular laboratory for the hematology service, and a 6-level parking building with 272 spaces.
This project is part of the Minsa-CSS agreement integration process. It also aims to leverage the services of Ciudad de la Salud (CIDELAS) and allow its progressive expansion, increasing and improving patient care.
The expansion plan includes the construction of a building for pediatric emergencies, as the pediatric tower at CIDELAS was not designed with emergency areas, and currently triage is performed in tents. Likewise, areas for nuclear medicine will be enabled, as the equipment installed in radiology and MRI does not have a protection area.
CSS also presented the project for services related to accommodation and the management of the right to medical service, clinical record, and medication dispensing, which includes a main and redundant "data center" with interconnection, a 1,280-core processor, 20,480 gigabytes of RAM, and 1,228.8 terabytes of storage.
This technology ensures a more humane, equitable, and timely care, thus protecting the continuity of medical attention.
