The Hospital De Occidente (The Hospital of the West) is located in the Copan Department in western Honduras, close to the Guatemalan border. The hospital provides a range of medical services and in 2010 was equipped with a new operating theatre that enabled staff at the hospital to be able to perform surgery in ophthalmology, otolaryngology and other specialties. The hospital is a main surgical hospital for the western region, serving patients from the departments of Ocotepeque, Copán, Lempira and parts of Santa Barbara and Intibucá.
The hospital is classified as a governmental regional hospital and has a long history. It was originally established in 1902 as part of a project, before becoming a home for the destitute and later transforming into a hospital. This referral hospital provides medical care in the fields of Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics, Pediatrics Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, Radiology, Anesthesia, Otolaryngology, Psychiatry and Public Health.
Location
Hospital de Occidente
Calle Real Centenario, Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras