I found out something very interesting today: U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) will be opening a new health center facility for the Caribbean Coast. Costa Rica does have a very nice health plan itself yet; some areas are a bit neglected mostly because they are so far away.
The United States Southern Command area of interest includes: The land mass of Latin America south of Mexico, the waters adjacent to Central and South America, the Caribbean Sea, its 12 island nations and European territories, the Gulf of Mexico and a portion of the Atlantic Ocean. They will be building a 345-square-meter clinic in Limón, Costa Rica’s main port and also the most problematic province. This new clinic will be built in the community of El Bambú starting this month. This is specifically located in Talamanca, near the Panama border.
In Costa Rica, Caribbean locations are very well known for their amazing beaches and food, yet a lot of the main cities like Puerto Viejo or downtown Limon seem to be having a lot of health and security problems, the fact that this clinic will be open in a far away location will help the access issues in the clinics down town and will provide assistance to the population in the nearby areas.
A lot of people get vacation packages in Puerto Limon. Costa Rica is really lucky to get this kind of assistance from the U.S since it will help increase tourism on the area. I wonder if they are thinking of expanding health facilities on the Guanacaste area as well. That will certainly sky rock the real estate business here, specially since in Costa Rica, Guanacaste is one of the most fancied areas for people who want to retire in a peaceful and paradise like location without losing any of the facilities and “luxuries” they had back home.
Yet, I do believe that this clinic is in fact a huge improvement for the entire Caribbean Coast. I will not be surprised if this area becomes a nice location to move in a couple of years.