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Living in Peru
Israel J. Ruiz

As Peru's Health Minister, Hernán Garrido - Lecca took part in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new hospital in Pisco, he lamented that it had taken one year for construction to begin.

Garrido - Lecca presided over the ceremony that marks the beginning of the construction of Pisco's new San Juan de Dios de Pisco Hospital, which is to be located in the Fundo de Alto area.

At the ceremony, he explained that even though the construction of the building had been considered an emergency, a great deal of obstacles had been placed in the path of those that wanted to have the hospital built.

40 million soles are to be invested in the new hospital, which is to be four storeys high and have an area of 28,000 square meters (301,389 square feet).

Furthermore, it was announced the new building is to have 83 beds and a modern emergency room as well as doctors' offices for non-emergency cases.

Even though he complained that the reconstruction of the areas affected by the earthquake was moving slowly, the governor of Ica, Rómulo Triveño thanked the health minister for his support.