Paraguay Hospitals are mainly located in the city of Asuncion. There is lack of
Paraguay Hospitals in the rural areas of the country. The hospitals in Paraguay are not very well equipped. The health sector of Paraguay has seen major changes in the early twentieth century. The national constitution, which was adopted in 1992, laid great emphasis on Heath and identified it as the basic right of the people. The National Heath System decided to provide services to people in coordination with private and public sectors.
Post 1990s there were great up gradations in the hospitals of Paraguay. The environment of the hospitals became more hygienic. The health sectors also received great financial and human resources as a result of decentralization in the country. Many hospitals were established in the twentieth century. In 1996, public, private, and semiprivate health sectors consisted of 1,140 establishments which included:
- 47 hospitals
- 25 regional hospitals
- 197 health centers
- 657 health posts or infirmaries
- 214 clinics and sanatoriums
Out of which the majority were administered by the Ministry of Health. According to the estimate taken in 1996, the hospital beds amounted to 1.3 per 1,000 inhabitants. Though the ratio has increased over the years, but there is still scarcity of hospitals in the rural areas. The main hospitals of Paraguay include:
- Centro Medico Bautista/Baptist Medical Center
- Hospital de Clínicas
- Cruz Roja Paraguaya
- H. Barrio Obrero
- Instituto de Prevision Social
- Centro Materno Infantil
- H. Central FF.AA.
- H. Neuropsiquiatrico
- Instituto de Medicina Tropical
Though, majority of hospitals are located at Asuncion, few hospitals are also located at San Lorenzo and Itaugua in Paraguay.
