High-tech outpatient surgery: cost-efficiency and safe recovery at home
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- Dr Santiago Abreu, of Médico Express, explains how outpatient surgery allows patients to go home the same day, with less pain, a lower risk of infection and less cost.
Santo Domingo Este. Modern medicine is evolving, and with it the ways of healing.
Today, thanks to technological advances and a people-centred medical approach, recovering at home after surgery is no longer the exception but a safe, effective and increasingly common practice in the Dominican Republic.
At Médico Express, outpatient surgery combines the latest technology, rigorous clinical protocols and completely personalised care that puts the patient’s overall wellbeing first.
“The future of surgery is not only less invasive, it is more human”, says Dr Santiago Abreu, anaesthetist and coordinator of the Outpatient Surgery Unit at Médico Express, in a recent interview for the programme El Poder de la Salud, broadcast on Teleradioamérica.
“Our model allows the patient to return home the same day, with less pain, a lower risk of infection and a physically and emotionally more favourable recovery.”
This innovative approach is based on the application of standardised, evidence-based protocols that ensure quality and safety from preoperative preparation to post-surgical follow-up. A multidisciplinary team of specialists, nurses, technicians and support staff works in a coordinated way to offer a comprehensive, consistent health experience.
“The key is to put the patient at the centre of everything. We listen to their needs, adapt each procedure to their clinical profile and use technologies that optimise every step of the process”, added Dr Abreu, who also has specialised training in operating theatre management and multimodal control of acute post-operative pain.
Outpatient surgery at Médico Express covers a wide range of specialities, including general surgery, orthopaedics, ear, nose and throat, coloproctology, gynaecology, urology and dermatology, among others. All of it under a model that incorporates advanced pain control, remote monitoring and continuous communication with the patient during recovery.
Recognised for its focus on innovation and quality, Médico Express is an outpatient centre certified internationally by Global Healthcare Accreditation and Fitwel. Its modern infrastructure includes an advanced diagnostic imaging unit, the use of artificial intelligence for clinical support and more than 40 medical specialities at the service of Dominican patients and health tourists.
This vision of medical care adopts the best practices of European and United States health standards and positions the Dominican Republic as a leader in Central America and the Caribbean in transforming the surgical experience: an experience that is safer, more efficient and deeply human, the specialist concluded.
About Médico Express
It is a modern outpatient care centre, designed, built and operated to international standards, with a care model centred on the patient and their family.
It is strategically located on the San Isidro motorway to meet the health service needs of the local population and of tourists.
Médico Express promotes innovation, research, digital transformation, the transfer of knowledge and best practice, taking Dominican medicine to the international stage.