During the community building of the United Fruit Company (later Chiquita Banana) an impressive hospital was built in Puerto Armuelles. The hospital of the Chiriqui Land Company was built in 1932. It was one of the best and most modern hospital centers in the country and Central America at that time.
It was a spacious, cool and beautiful building. The hospital’s base was made of cement and hardwoods were used in its three floors, topped by a high tower in its upper central part. The Puerto Armuelles Hospital provided medical and health services to the entire region, not only to banana workers and employees, until 1970, when the mandatory regime of the Panamanian Social Security Fund took over. The institution continued to use the building until 1972 when it moved to it’s new location, where the Dionisio Arrocha Hospital is today.
Photo courtesy of Historia Humana y Economica de Puerto Armuelles
Read about the progress of the NEW hospital here: New Hospital in Puerto Armuelles-Progress Report
Trivia – The current hospital site used to be the garbage dump of the Chiriquí Land Company and the municipality!
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喜欢老医院的照片,,en,我的祖父在1930年代后期担任该医院的管理员,,en,这是个惊人的消息,,en,你的祖父会不会有你可以分享的Puerto Armuelles的旧照片,,en,我们这里有很多历史爱好者,,en,我可以看看我有什么照片,,en,我兄弟家里也有很多相册,,en,我知道我在拉斯帕尔马斯的游泳池里看过老家电影,,en,看到Las Palmas游泳池的旧视频真是太棒了,,en,感谢您发送的照片,,en,我将在网站上发布其中的一些内容，并期待可能获得一些更酷的图片,,en,来自你的视频,,en. My grandfather was administrator of that hospital in the late 1930’s.
哇! That is amazing news. Would your grandfather have any old photos of Puerto Armuelles that you could share? We have a LOT of history buffs here!
I can look to see what photos I have. We have many photo albums at my brother’s home as well. I know I have seen old home movies filed at the pool in Las Palmas.
It would be amazing to see the old videos of the Las Palmas pool! Thanks for the photos that you sent already. I’ll be posting some of them on the website and look forward to possibly getting some more cool pics & videos from you. 再次感谢!
Debbie Fishell
Editor