El Pilar

Sanatorio de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, a.k.a. Hospital el PILAR, is a large, non-profit  private hospital, located in a green suburb of the capital,  15 minutes from Guatemala City International Airport and from major hotel chains.

• Human Resources: 620 associated Specialist MDs representing 57 medical specialties and sub-specialties, 275 nurses and 150 other/technical staff
• Ratio patient-nurse: 4 to 5 for 1 patient; in intensive care units this ratio is 1 to 1
• Infrastructure: 107 beds, 54 private rooms, 12 O.R., 27 ICU´s , 10 E.R.´s
• LIST of DEPARTMENTS & MEDICAL UNITS (non exhaustive):
• Clinical Laboratory, Blood Bank, Burn Unit, Hyberbaric chamber
• Dialysis Center, Organ Transplants (Kidney)
• Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Clinics (Radio-Oncology)
• Cardiology & Hemodynamics Center (Cardiac catheterization, angiographies, stents, angioplasties)
• Pediatric & Neonatology Department (with various sub-specialties)
• Gynecology & Obstetrics Department
• Gastroenterology Department
• Center for Genetic Analysis; Reference Center for Rare Diseases
• Diagnosis Center:  CT or CAT Scans (= Computed Tomography), MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), Ultrasound, X-Rays, EKG´s,  EEG´s
• Center of Nuclear Molecular Medicine:  SPECT-CT and PET-CT