The almost 200 thousand people on the island of Chiloé will have access to medical consultations of various medical specialties, in addition to Imaging and Clinical Laboratory examinations. Soon, a new and modern magnetic resonator will be added.
The network of regional clinics and medical centers Andes Salud will extend its health offering to the Island of Chiloé, after completing the purchase and this Tuesday, June 18, 2024, taking control of the current Huaihuen Medical Center, located in Ancud. In this way, today the new Andes Salud Ancud Medical Center, to provide greater access to health and enhance the medical offer, of the second largest commune in Chiloé.
With a investment that exceeds US$2 millionthe venue will have Medical consultations in: general medicine, internal medicine, adult neurology, traumatology, dentistry, pediatrics, midwifery, psychology, cardiology, gynecology, medical technology in ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology.
In addition, various examinations will be carried out Clinical Laboratory and Imaging (scans, mammograms, x-rays, densitometry and echotomography). To this will be added the installation of a new and modern magnetic resonator in the coming months.
Gonzalo Grebe, General Manager of Andes Salud, was present in Ancud to give this important news. “The purpose we have at Andes Salud is to deliver greater access to quality health and cutting-edge technology in regions. And our arrival on the island with the start of operation of the new Andes Salud Ancud Medical Center responds to this commitment to patients and their families,” he commented.
Furthermore, he added “We will enhance the medical offer with various medical consultations and we will incorporate a new magnetic resonator, to contribute to the great demand for health in Chiloé. All our experience and vocation will be available to the almost 200 thousand inhabitants of the island, with the permanent support of our high complexity Andes Salud Clinic in Puerto Montt”.
Thanks to this entire range of services, the new Andes Salud Medical Center will address and help resolve the health needs that exist in Chiloé, one of the most pressing historical demands among the island’s inhabitants.
“We are very happy and proud. After almost 8 years of Huaihuen, we achieved this great union with the help of Andes Salud, and thus be able to bring health to all the inhabitants of the commune with quality and safety standards of a network as important as they are,” said Carlos Ulloa, founding partner of Huaihuen Medical and Diagnostic Center.
The Andes Salud regional group operates today four clinics (El Loa, Chillán, Concepción and Puerto Montt); two medical centers in Talca and Los Angeles; in addition to a network of 19 outpatient centers of medical consultations and sample taking in several cities in the country.
In this way, Andes Salud responds to the health demand of patients in the southernmost areas by connecting with cutting-edge medicine for everyone. Therefore, in addition to a wide medical offerAndes Salud, also presents agreements with Fonasa and Isapres, achieving affordable prices for all patients.
The expansion to Chiloé is part of an investment plan for nearly US$30 million that Andes Salud is executing in 2024 and which, in addition, soon contemplates the inauguration of a Clinic in Talca that considers 10 thousand m2 in its final stage, 92 beds totals, Critical Patient Unit, 18 intensive beds, a modern PET-CT for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, 6 surgical pavilions and a first-level Emergency Service.
About Andes Health
It is a network of clinics and regional medical centers created in June 2018 after an alliance between doctors from former Empresas MasVida and the Biobío business groups Valmar and Madesal, linked to the Imschenetzky and Sáenz families, who participate in the fields of construction, casinos , real estate, gyms and forestry.
The group seeks to provide quality health at affordable prices in regions, and advocates the strengthening of public-private complementarity as a real and concrete alternative to improve people’s access to health. Its purpose is to challenge geographical barriers to health to connect with cutting-edge medicine for everyone.
Its general manager is Gonzalo Grebe Noguera, who leads a team of executives with vast experience in the sector, which has allowed Andes Salud to have efficient operational and financial management.
From December 2020 to date, it has had sustained growth: from 264 beds to 282, from 16 wards to 18 and from 2,437 doctors and collaborators to 2,975.
