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History

2024

  • Signing of the purchase and sale of the land for the construction of the second Metropolitan Hospital in San Patricio de Cumbayá.
  • 5th reaccreditation of the Joint Commission International
  • First robotic urethroplasty and vaginal neocanal surgery in a 5-year-old girl.
  • 2023
  • First hospital to obtain Planetree Silver Certification.
  • Da Vinci Xi Robot Upgrade for Robotic Surgery
  • First robotic surgery on a three-month-old baby
  • Recognition in the América Economía ranking # 9 in Latin America
  • Acquisition of PET CT with Artificial Intelligence (Biograph Vision)
  • 2022
  • First in utero spina bifida surgery.
  • 2020
  • First Parkinson's surgery with octopolar electrodes
  • Recognition in the ranking of América Economía # 14 in Latin America
  • 4th reaccreditation of the Joint Commission International
  • Only hospital with two separate buildings (specialized in Covid area)
  • 2019
  • Beginning of robotic surgery, mainly urological, bariatric, gynecological and pediatric surgeries.
  • Recognition in the América Economía ranking #18 in Latin America.
  • 2017
  • Received recognition for Good Sustainable Development Practices by the United Nations Global Compact
  • He received the Vicente Rocafuerte decoration awarded by the National Assembly for Social Merit
  • Third re-accreditation by the Joint Commission International
  • 2016
  • ISO 9001:2008 recertification
  • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) was performed
  • First successful case of use of arterial venous mode extracorporeal membrane oxygenator (known as VA ECMO)
  • 2015
  • A state-of-the-art angiograph was acquired that allowed cardiac and neurological interventions to be performed.
  • 2014
  • Re-accreditation by the Joint Commission International for the second consecutive time
  • 2013
  • Recertification ISO 9001:2008
  • 2011
  • It was accredited by the Joint Commission International, making it the only hospital in the country with this accreditation
  • The first reno-pancreatic transplant surgery and the first liver transplant with a living donor were performed.
  • 2010
  • Re-certification ISO 9001:2008 - Special recognition in the Great Place to Work
  • Metrovida was inaugurated, with the Radiotherapy Unit as part of the comprehensive cancer center

2010

  • 2009
  • First successful separation of conjoined conjoined twins at the level of the thorax and part of the abdomen, where a team of more than 20 doctors, nurses and technical team participated
  • 2008
  • Implementation of the system for the RIS and PACS Radiology service
  • 2007
  • Metrolaser, the most modern center in the country to correct vision, was inaugurated
  • It was certified with ISO 9001:2000, being the first hospital to obtain this certification for all its processes.
  • Reimplantation of the hand of a 24-year-old patient who suffered a total amputation was performed
  • 2006
  • The cadaveric donor liver transplant program began
  • The first Epilepsy surgery was performed in Ecuador, involving a large team of neurologists, neurophysiologists, neuroradiologists, neuropsychologists and neurosurgeons.
  • 2004
  • Pioneers in the implementation of the Comprehensive Quality Management System in hospitals
  • Implemented the GEMA computer system (Administrative and Financial Medical Management)
  • 2003
  • A kidney transplant was performed with a cadaveric donor

2000

  • 1994
  • Automation of the clinical laboratory and nursing processes
  • 1991
  • First hospital in Ecuador with Internet access

1990

  • 1988
  • Quality circles - Total Quality
  • 1986
  • First open heart surgery for an 8-year-old girl
  • From its beginnings, the Hospital demonstrated social sensitivity and thus in 1986 the Metrofraternidad Foundation was born, the clearest expression of solidarity that, with the invaluable support of the Hospital's Medical Staff, carries out the Corporate Social Responsibility program.
  • 1985
  • November 14, 1985, the Metropolitan Hospital opened its doors to the community, beginning a new era in medicine in Ecuador, creating a new model of hospital management that has contributed significantly to the development of Quito and the country.
  • First automated hospital of American Medical International AMI in Ecuador with the PATCOM system
  • 1982
  • In 1982 the construction of the Hospital began

1980

  • 1979
  • In a strategic and historical alliance with the North American company AMI, American Medical International, Conclina CA was built, which would lead us to begin a medical hospital project that would transform medical care in the country.
  • 1977
  • A group of prestigious visionary doctors conceived, with great optimism, the idea of building, in the city of Quito, a hospital center with international standards.