Comments on: David’s Major Hospitals

By: Don Ray

Don Ray — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:40:19 +0000

I can’t be certain of the second, but it is not Calle Central. If you are driving on the InterAmerican highway toward Costa Rica, you will see a large sign on the left telling you to turn left for Hospital Chiriqui.

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:24:26 +0000

Hi, is Hospital Chiriqui at Calle Central and Av 3 Oeste? I read somewhere that it was at Calle B Sur and Av 4 Oeste… Thanks for your help!

By: Don Ray

Don Ray — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:53:33 +0000

Thanks for the information Hilda.

By: Hilda

Hilda — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:39:54 +0000

Hello Mr. Williams,
There is no equipment for catheterization nor open heart surgery in the whole country, except in Panama City. Neverteless, my dad´s cardiologist Franklin Anguizola ( Mae Lewis Hospital) is providing medical follow up to Panamanian and American stent patients who live here in Chiriqui. I could have asked him directly (via cell phone) but he is with a patient right away. So I talked with her wife Xiomara, neumologist and intensivist, who said that in such an emergency, Franklin may stabilize the patient so that he/she can be sent to Panama City, an hour away by plane. I have seen that they have a good investment in medical diagnosis equipment.

Regards,

Hilda

By: Don Ray

Don Ray — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:40:24 +0000

Hi Paul. I can’t answer your question. I have a friend that just received stents put in the US. When I checked for him, I was refered to a doctor in Panama City who visits David on a monthly basis.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:04:10 +0000

Hi, I am considering move to Chiriqui but I have a heart condition called coronary artery disease. There is a cardiologist in Chiriqui with a specialty in this disease or a Catheterization Laboratory? Because I have two coronary stents and if I need an emergency procedure I want to be sure that I will be helped by a good doctor…

By: Hilda

Hilda — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:10:01 +0000

Hello! I don´t know whether the other doctors in the list are in David, but Ricaurte Hernández lives and works here. He is the Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Regional Hospital. Apart from that, he has his private office, 775-5357, in his own building “Beverly Hills Plaza” on Ave Belisario Porras. His wife Gladys D´Lisser, esthetician, studied in Paris.

Regarding the request on a recommendation for an internal medicine doctor at Hospital Chiriqui, some of them are my friends, acquaintances or, even bright former students. So, my ethical principles refrain me from giving any specific recomendation. I am not qualified to devalue any of them. Best of luck!

By: liz

liz — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:34:46 +0000

i am looking for an internal medicine doctor in david , hospital chiriqui

By: Nina Stephens

Nina Stephens — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 23:28:19 +0000

Bought a home in Volcan and will be moving as soon as house sells in the States. I need to find a good pain doctor in David, or Volcan or anywhere in between. I looked up the International Association for the Study of Pain and found a Dr. Ricaurte Hernandez and a Dr. Elias Atencio. Also mentioned on this site where the following: Dr. Gabriel Caco, Dr. Jose Luis Bernuil, Dr. Gil Gisela, Dr. Mario Garibaldo, Dr. Antonio Serracin, and Dr. Eduardo Anguizola. Has anyone had any experience with any of these doctors?

There are probably many doctors not a part of this Association. I could use any help on identifying a good doctor.

By: Don Ray

Don Ray — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 14:55:02 +0000

That is a pretty good recommendation.