Hospital Oncológico Andrés Grillasca or, more commonly, Hospital Oncológico, is a private, nonprofitSin operador el Centro de Convenciones. Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012. hospital in Ponce, Puerto Rico, specializing in the treatment of cancer.
History It was founded in 1946Amenaza cerrar en mayo el Hospital Oncológico de Ponce. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2012.Tony Zayas. "Amenaza cerrar en mayo el Hospital Oncológico de Ponce." El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 8 April 2011. by Asociacion Lucha Contra el Cancer.Resolucion Conjunta. Senado de Puerto Rico. Res. Conj. del Senado 402. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2012. In 1962 the hospital was established on the grounds of then Centro Medico de Ponce (a.k.a. Hospital de Distrito de Ponce). In 2010, the Legislature of Puerto Rico transferred the lands occupied by Hospital Oncológico Andrés Grillasca Salas to the hospital's corporation free of cost.Resolucion Conjunta. Senado de Puerto Rico. Res. Conj. del Senado 402. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2012. The hospital sits on 16 cuerdas of land.Resolucion Conjunta. Senado de Puerto Rico. Res. Conj. del Senado 402. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2012. (Note: One cuerda is equivalent to 0.97 acre.)
In 2012, after falling on hard financial times, the hospital received financial assistance from the Government of Puerto Rico which kept it operating.Sale de oro el Oncológico. Yamilet Millán Rodriguez. El Vocero. Puerto Rico. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
Today Serving 26 municipalities, geographically, the hospital serves a third of Puerto Rico.Amenaza cerrar en mayo el Hospital Oncológico de Ponce. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2012.Tony Zayas. "Amenaza cerrar en mayo el Hospital Oncológico de Ponce." El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 8 April 2011. In 2010, the hospital had 28 physicians, 20 nurses, and 50 support personnel.Resolucion Conjunta. Senado de Puerto Rico. Res. Conj. del Senado 402. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
See also Hospital Damas
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