Doctor Express starts, the project that will promote health tourism in the DR
The president, Luis Abinader, gave the first step to start the construction of Médico Express, a modern health center that will provide access to first-world medicine to the municipality of Santo Domingo Este, which constitutes a contribution for the transfer of technology and improvement of the quality of life of its population.
In the main speech of the event, Dr. Alejandro Cambiaso, executive president of Médico Express, said: “our vision is to provide high quality and safe health services for local patients and tourists, with the support of a multidisciplinary team of specialists and technology on end”.
He pointed out that “Medico Express’s protocols and design are conceived under international standards, with a personalized, accessible and expeditious care model.”
He indicated that Médico Express San Isidro is located in the municipality of Santo Domingo Este, “an area that has little health offer and important competitive advantages for medical tourism, since many relatives of the Dominican diaspora reside there and the sector is close to the airport, port and hotels”.
Cambiaso highlighted that the center will offer a mobile application to make appointments, see results and facilitate continuity of care, having modern software that will integrate your electronic medical record, images and administrative module, betting on the internationalization, modernization and digital transformation of the Dominican health sector.
He explained that the center, with an area of 8,500 square meters of construction, has the financial support of Advanced Asset Management and Lazul Investments with a view to developing opportunities for 200 direct and 400 indirect jobs.
In this sense, Felipe Amador, general director of Advanced Asset Management, reported that “Medico Express facilities are possible given an investment amounting to approximately one billion pesos, the Center will be a pioneer in the area and will be the first of a network of health centers under this modality, which we plan to support in the next 5 years”.
Likewise, the executive considered that the stock market must play a crucial role in the development of sectors such as health and tourism, since “the type of initiative will facilitate the generation of direct and indirect jobs, in addition to promoting the generation of foreign exchange, strengthening the national economy and, in turn, the levels of competitiveness”.
On his side, Francesco Fino, Commercial Vice President of Médico Express, said that the center will have cutting-edge local and international teaching and healthcare alliances supporting research and diagnostic studies, and will also accept a wide range of local and international medical insurance.
“Médico Express will offer an innovative and expanded concept of Emergency Centers, which will range from emergency areas for adults and pediatrics, 14 offices with the main medical specialties, modern outpatient operating room, clinical laboratory, women’s clinic, dialysis unit, gastroenterology , area of preventive check-ups, telemedicine, international department and state-of-the-art diagnostic and imaging equipment that do not currently exist in the municipality of Santo Domingo Este”, he added.
In addition to President Abinader and Alejandro Cambiaso, the ceremony was attended by David Collado, Minister of Tourism; José Matos, Vice Minister of Quality Assurance of the Ministry of Public Health; Manuel Diez, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Advanced Asset Management; Javier Tejada, president of Lazul Investments.
Also present was Manuel Jiménez, mayor of Santo Domingo Este, government authorities from the health and tourism sectors, presidents of medical societies, representatives of accrediting agencies and international hospitals, the insurance, financial and business sectors, among others.
