Hospital El Salvador

Hospital El Salvador
Geography
Location	Salón Centro Americano, Avenida de la Revolucion 222, San Salvador, El Salvador
Coordinates	13°41′16″N 89°14′14″W / 13.68778°N 89.23722°W / 13.68778; -89.23722 (Hospital El Salvador)
Organisation
Funding	Public hospital
Type	Specialist
Services
Beds	400 (phase 1) 2,000 (phase 3)
Speciality	COVID-19
History
Opened	21 June 2020[1]
Links
Website	covid19.gob.sv
Lists	Hospitals in El Salvador

The Hospital El Salvador is a major hospital in San Salvador, El Salvador, which was planned to be the largest hospital in Latin America. The first phase was constructed between March and June 2020 as a conversion of the International Fair and Convention Center [es] (Centro Internacional de Ferias y Convenciones, CIFCO) and formed part of El Salvador's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, exclusively receiving COVID-19 patients. Originally intended to be temporary, it was announced in June 2020 that the hospital conversion would be made permanent. In its first phase, the hospital has 400 available beds, a number which was expected to increase to 2,000 total beds upon completion of phase 3 of construction. However, phase 3 was not opened as a hospital and instead served as a vaccination facility. With the decline of the pandemic, the facility has been announced as the home for a new medical school and also houses offices for the Salvadoran health ministry.