Clinica Bíblica’s new building in Pozos, Santa Ana involves an approximate investment of $19 million USD. The private clinic, bought the land since 2013 and began with the construction of the first phase in August of this year, the estimated time-frame to conclude the work is of around 18-24 months. The new building is located right at the entrance of Santa Ana, close to Forum 1.

The medical center project includes two surgery rooms, heliport, laboratory, pharmacy, clinical imaging services, 25 doctor offices, 24/7 emergency service and a parking lot for 100 cars. A second stage will include an expansion of the original building and an apartment building for elderly people with 21 units of around 35 to 50 square meters.

The administration of the apartments will be handled by an international group, and alliance that will allow Asemeco group to focus on the health services.

“There’s a strong commitment to care for the environment: for this reason the design of the new building in Santa Ana is oriented towards being carbon neutral, and towards getting the needed accreditation in this field to be consistent with our responsibility with the environment”, said Dr. Jorge Cortes, medical director of the Bíblica Hospital.

The existing building of the Clínica Bíblica in San José, is the first hospital in Latin America that complies with the Verification process and the Carbon Neutral Declaratory of its carbon footprint based on international standards (ISO 14064-1 and ISO 14064-3) and on a national level with the standard INTE 12-01-06:2011/Cor.2: 2013. given out by the Carbon Neutral Unit of Earth University.

Clínica Bíblica Santa Ana will be the third private hospital on the west area of San José, Cima Hospital has been operating since 1994 and Lindora Medical Center opened its doors in February of this year.