Irving, Texas-based CHRISTUS Health plans to build an $84 million hospital in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. It is to open in 2028.
The health system broke ground in April on the 450,000-plus-square-foot facility, which will be called CHRISTUS Muguerza Los Cabos Hospital.
The 75-bed private hospital will offer nearly 30 medical specialties, including cardiology, oncology, gynecology, emergency care, family medicine, pediatrics and neurosurgery. The facility will have advanced technology, including systems that use artificial intelligence.
The hospital will employ about 250 clinicians, specialists and other associates.
According to a press release, the new hospital will demonstrate CHRISTUS Health's "strategic commitment to bring quality, compassionate care to a burgeoning tourist destination with a growing local population." The facility will be in Cabo San Lucas' high-growth tourist corridor. The city attracts nearly 4 million visitors a year, and more than 350,000 people live in the region. This includes more than 23,000 U.S. citizens, says the press release on the new hospital.
The release says there are increasing health care demands in the region. CHRISTUS Health says the hospital will strengthen the health care system that the state offers, alleviating the burden currently faced by public hospitals, expanding medical coverage and better addressing the growing need for specialized services in the region. Cabo San Lucas is in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur.
The hospital will serve all comers, including local residents.
Plans call for the new hospital to feature cultural elements important to area residents, materials sourced locally, and art installations reflecting the identity of Baja California Sur. The facility also will have energy-efficient, sustainable and eco-friendly features.
CHRISTUS Health has a presence in the U.S., Mexico, Chile and Colombia. In Mexico, CHRISTUS Health has 14 hospitals and a network of outpatient sites in seven Mexican states, not including the facility the health system is building in Cabo San Lucas and another hospital that the system is building in a state where it already has a presence.