Panama Medical and Health

Affordable medical service, top quality facilities, and well-trained professionals are all available in Panama . Medical health care is rendered at a fraction of the US cost. Many Panamanian physicians are US trained, Board Certified and bilingual.

Excellent private hospitals and specialty clinics are available. In Panama City the new Punta Pacifica Hospital has just opened. Affiliated with Johns Hopkins Medicine International, Punta Pacifica boasts state of the art digital diagnostic medical equipment. Hospital Centro Paitilla has world class medical specialists and modern facilities. San Fernando and Hospital de las Americas also have excellent facilities.

Special mention should be made of Hospital Nacional, a modern private 80 bed hospital located just two blocks from the US Embassy in Panama City. Hospital Nacional offers excellent care, a bilngual staff and is managed by a US based management company..

Health plans are also available in Panama. Those of you living in Panama City who are 50 or older might look into the Santa Fe Hospital's Medical Plan. The Santa Fe plan offers medical care, including hospitalization and surgery, at reasonable rates. The physicians participating in the plan include some of the best specialists in Panama.

In addition to private facilities , Panama has good government hospitals. Panama City’s Santo Tomas Hospital is one of the best public hospitalsl in Latin America

Panama's Social Security Hospitals and Health Clinics which are available to anyone .They are adequate for emergency care and basic health problems and cost very little.