Implementación de un proyecto de ampliación y repotenciación de la Unidad de Coloproctología, del Hospital Carlos Andrade Marín, Quito - Ecuador, año 2017

Abstract

Abstract: The Coloproctology Unit of the Carlos Andrade Marin Hospital (Quito, Ecuador) of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS, in Spanish), provides diagnosis and surgical and non-surgical treatment of diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. Despite the increase in investment in health experienced in recent years in Ecuador, there are still problems that affect the quality of service provided to users, highlighting infrastructure failures, limited budget and lack of trained personnel to meet the demand. In virtue of this, a study was carried out supported by the Logical Framework Methodology, whose objective was the implementation of an expansion and repowering project of the Coloproctology Unit of the HCAM. As results, the approval of an increase in the endowment of financial resources was approved, the remodeling project of the infrastructure was approved and the hiring of new specialist doctors was achieved, going from 50% in 2016 to 80% in 2017. Finally, the importance of the results in terms of their impact on the quality of service offered by the Coloproctology Unit is discussed.