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Public Services
Emergency area of the Alcivar Hospital in Guayaquil
HOSPITAL ALCIVAR
Dr. Eduardo Alcivar
President
Coronel 2301 and Cañar
Guayaquil
Tel: +593 4 500 25 00
Fax: +593 4 244 95 81
P.O. Box: 412
www.hospitalalcivar.com
Area of activity: Hospital
Date of creation: 1937
Employees: 130+
The Alcívar Hospital was founded in 1937, originally
named Clínica Alcívar-Esteves, and managed by Dr.
Eduardo Alcívar and Dr. Elio Esteves Bejarano.
From that very moment, the Hospital gained a re-
nowed reputation as a Center specialized in Ortho-
paedics and Traumatology, being an important refer-
ence both nationally and internationally,
The hospital is currently employing a group of highly
skilled and qualified professionals and it is equipped
with the latest technology. It has modern infrastructure
and therefore manages easily complex cases. .
Nowadays, the Alcívar Hospital of Guayaquil is bet-
ter that ever, with the latest world famous diagnostic
methods and technologies for therapeutic assistance,
using cutting edge equipment and implementing pro-
cedures that provide patients with new alternatives
that are less risky and guarantee better possibilities
of recovery.
Over 130 highly skilled doctors from different areas
work at the hospital, which alo¡so offers a prestigious
graduate program in Traumatology and Orthopaedics.
There is also a new Alcivar hospital building under
construction, located at the intersection of Noguchi
and Colonel Azuay (southwest of Guayaquil). The
GammaK tower has 60 offices, 70 parking lots and a
whole floor for a pain clinic, a hyperbaric, fonotherapy
and a sports medicine centre, among other services.
There are 20 to 25 offices per floor and on the top
floor one can find the hospital for medical services.
Downstairs, you will find a special machine called a
Gamma Knife, which can cure tumours, venous and
vascular diseases, performing certain procedures
without surgery. The equipment shoots gamma rays
with such accuracy that it reaches the affected tissue
without damaging tissues located nearby.
HOSPITAL DE LOS VALLES
Francisco Cepeda
General Manager
Av. Interoceánica Km.12 ½
Cumbayá, Quito
Tel: +593 2977 900
Emergency: +593 2977 911
www.hospitaldelosvalles.com
Area of activity: Hospital
Date of creation: 2006
Hospital de los Valles is a complex medical institu-
tion characterized by its high quality scientific and
academic expertise. It provides quality medical,
hospital and ambulatory services, thanks to its ex-
perienced staff, excellent infrastructure, cutting edge
technology and peaceful environment. It is located in
the beautiful valley of Cumbayá, just a few minutes
away from Quito. It has 4 acres of land, with 96 beds
and several buildings that provide general hospital
services. It opened doors in 2006 as a joint project
between Ecuadorian private investors and physi-
cians, who invested $30 million USD to build it.
Hospital de los Valles provides medical treatment
throughout all specialties and subspecialties of the
Internal Medicine, Gynecology, Pediatrics and Sur-
gery, Emergency, Medical Check, Occupational
Medicine, Diagnostics and Image Services, Medical
Consultancy, Clinical Laboratory and Physiotherapy
(Rehabilitation).
It has agreements with insurance companies and
partnerships with the Ecuadorian Social Security
body to treat patients, as well as a graduate scheme
with the Universidad San Francisco de Quito. It has
also reached an agreement to treat tourists from the
USA and France. It is ranked 28th in Latin America,