Loma Plata - Health

Health

Currently one of the 4 existing hospitals in the department of Boquerón is in Loma Plata, which serves all residents of the area. It was constructed in 1948. The work and costs were largely covered voluntarily and with donations. The first building had a size of 17x50 feet with a consultation room, a laboratory, a pharmacy and three rooms for patients.

Today the hospital in Loma Plata is a modern health facility and is part of the services provided by the Asociacion Civil Chortitzer Komitee. It is one of the most frequently visited hospitals of the Chaco. The services expanded a lot in the last years and keep expanding with new technology. It attends not only the colonists but also many indigenous people and Latin Paraguayans of the region. There are many family doctors working at the hospital as well as several full-time specialized employees. Outward specialists come to the colony on scheduled times throughout the year in order to provide a broad spectrum of services. The hospital provide good maternal care by specialists and with midwives assisting at birth.

There is a laboratory at the hospital as well as a private laboratory (Laboratorio Sawatsky) in Loma Plata.

Loma Plata has a Nursing school where students can obtain a degree as a licensed nurse in cooperation with Universidad Evangelica de Paraguay.

There are also several private medical clinics in the town, some with doctors that work privately as well as in the hospital. There are many dentist clinics in Loma Plata with dentists who have finished a training at university level. Pharmacies are found on several places around Loma Plata and are all private, except the pharmacy at the hospital, which belongs to the Asociacion Civil Chortitzer Komitee.