HOMS receives recognition for its contribution to health tourism in Santiago

Santiago, D.R. June 5, 2023 – The organizing committee of Expoturismo 2023, the most traditional tourism fair held in the Cibao region, together with the Santiago Tourism Destination Cluster, recognized the Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago (HOMS) for its important achievements and contributions to the development of health tourism, favoring the strengthening of the Santiago destination.

The executive director of the fair, Carmen Yomaris Gómez, said that in this 26th edition of the largest platform for the promotion of tourism in the northern region, HOMS was recognized for the important international certification received from Accreditation Canada (ACI), which raises the quality of health services, according to the scientific and technological advances in the world, thus promoting health and medical tourism in the northern region.

Upon receiving the award, Dr. Hector Sanchez Navarro, Deputy General Director of HOMS, said he was very grateful for the effort and persistence of the competitive, vocational and strongly committed teams that make up the hospital, being a reference in innovation and quality of care.

“In 15 years, at HOMS we have contributed to improving healthcare in our country and the region, through greater specialization, with the incorporation of highly specialized and differentiating services, such as robotic surgery; we still have many challenges and a long way to go,” said Dr. Sánchez Navarro.

During the activity held at the Hodelpa Gran Almirante Convention Center in Santiago, and which was also attended by José Clase, member of the Board of Directors of HOMS, they emphasized that the vision of HOMS is to be the leading private hospital in the Dominican Republic and an international model, and for this reason they are immersed in the development of the Homs Health and Wellness Center (HHWC), to complement their current offer of health tourism services.

HOMS is a member of the Dominican Association of Health Tourism and the Association of Hotels and Tourism of the Dominican Republic (Asonahores).
According to the Medical Tourism Association (MTA) in its most recent study called Medical Tourism Index of 2020-2021, our country is the number 1 destination in the Caribbean, number 2 in Latin America.

Homs Health and Wellness Center (HHWC)
The Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago and Marriott International signed a contract for the development of the Residence Inn by Marriott – HOMS Health and Wellness Center, a professional tower-hotel that will consolidate health tourism for the Northern Region and the entire Dominican Republic.

The project has two buildings, one of thirteen levels, of which 10 are dedicated to professional medical consultation spaces, with state-of-the-art offices, spaces designed for meetings and treatment in specialties such as stomatology and oral health, men’s health center, ophthalmology, Wellness Center and the Meta Íntegra Bariatric and Digestive Institute, and a biomedical research laboratory.

The hotel will also have 111 extended-stay wellness rooms for all types of guests who need a hotel for a specific occasion. In addition, it will serve as lodging for the patients’ families’ companions, and for the patients themselves for recovery stages. It will also serve foreign professionals who come to HOMS, to Santiago and to the region to perform procedures.

The professional complex also has a convention center, with a capacity of almost 400 people, auxiliary business rooms, multiple classrooms and spaces for events, with more than 700 parking spaces.
HOMS provides care focused on the quality and safety of patients and employees, and remains at the forefront with specialized medical centers equipped with the latest technology.