CENTRO MEDICO EL CARMEN
CENTRO MEDICO EL CARMEN
Centro Medico El Carmen is a private general hospital located in the city of Ourense in the northwest of Spain. It was founded in 1949 by Dr. David Morante, specialist in traumatology. Nowadays, the hospital is being managed by his descendants, also doctors by profession.
The hospital has agreements with all the Spanish Insurances Companies as well as the Spanish Public Health System.
In the last 20 years we have made several investments to put ourselves at the forefront of Galician medicine, thanks to the acquisition of the latest technology, the development of the most effective medical techniques and a team of highly qualified professionals. In this last period, we have performed more than 75.000 operations, almost 1.100.000 consultations acts and over 250.000 emergencies attended.
There are 3 multidisciplinary surgery theaters, 1 hemodynamic room (noninvasive cardiac surgery), 8 beds ICU and 32 rooms. Being a small familiar hospital allows us offer patients a close and personalized treat at all levels.
Our medical team is composed of 78 doctors from more than 30 specialties.
In order to raise the standards of the care services, our quality department accredited the hospital in the following international standards accreditations:
- ISO 9001/2008
- UNE 179003:2013 Risk management for patient safety
- EFQM 400+
- Hospital quality (Spanish Government)
- QH in medical tourism (third hospital in Spain to obtain this accreditation