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Hospital Dr. Tony Facio Castro, known as Hospital Tony Facio, in Limón, Costa Rica caters to the health needs of Limón Province.〔("Quienes Somos: Hospital Regional Dr. Tony Facio Castro" ) ''Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social''. Retrieved: 2012-03-07. 〕 The hospital occupies 22,000 square metres and is divided into modules including hospitalization and outpatient facilities. It provides specialized services in some areas of the cantons of Pococí, Guácimo, and the Cariari district for a combined population of 166,723 inhabitants in those areas.〔 It services three population categories: direct population (236,565 people directly attached or assigned to the hospital), indirect population (not directly allocated but are referred by specialists), and floating population (other unattached people and tourists). The direct population comes from Limón (city), Siquirres, Talamanca, and Matina. The indirect population is from Pococí, Guácimo, and the Cariari district; and the floating population comprises national and international immigrants into the area, and tourists.〔 The hospital commemorates Dr. Tony Facio (29 October 1918 – 20 December 1948), a native of Puerto Limón born as Maximiliano Antonio de la Paz Facio Castro, son of Dr. Antonio Facio Ulloa and Cristina Castro Carazo, who died at the age of 30.〔("Consultas de hechos y actos civiles y electorales" ) ''Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones''. Retrieved: 2012-03-07. 〕 The Hospital San Juan de Dios in San José also has a medical research centre named "Doctor Antonio Facio Castro" dedicated in the late 1940s to the "illustrious doctor who died tragically at a young age."〔("El Hospital San Juan De Dios 1935–1977: La Gran Especialización" ) ''Biblioteca Virtual en Historia y Patrimonio Cultural de la Salud'', p. 287. Retrieved: 2012-03-07. 〕〔("Biografica del Dr. Antonio Facio Castro" ) Revista Medica de Costa Rica, Vol. 8, No. 188, December 1949. 〕 ==Situation== Hospital Tony Facio occupies most of a small peninsula protruding into the Caribbean Sea on the northeast side of Limón, about 0.75 km from the town centre. It is right on the coast and looks out at Uvita Island 1.5 km offshore, and across a small bay to Parque Vargas, a municipal park 0.8 km to the south. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hospital Dr. Tony Facio Castro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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