Entre jardines, arquitectura del cuidado - ampliación E.S.E Hospital San Juan de Dios Yarumal -Antioquia

Abstract

This work presents an architectural proposal for the expansion of the E.S.E. San Juan de Dios Hospital, located in the municipality of Yarumal, Antioquia. The main purpose of the project is to respond to the current needs of healthcare infrastructure and improve the hospital’s capacity to care for patients. The healthcare infrastructure of the municipality plays an important role in the hospital network of Northern Antioquia because San Juan de Dios Hospital is the only second-level healthcare center in this area. According to the National Emergency Care Network (RNAU), the hospital receives patients transferred from different hospitals such as the hospitals of Ituango, Valdivia, Briceño, Toledo, San Andrés de Cuerquia, Anorí, Campamento, and Angostura. In some cases, it also attends people from the municipality of Santa Rosa de Osos. In addition, the population growth in Yarumal has created a capacity crisis in the hospital infrastructure. In this context, the objective of this work is to design an auxiliary building for the E.S.E. San Juan de Dios Hospital in Yarumal. This new building aims to complement the current infrastructure and help improve the hospital’s service capacity. The development of the proposal is based on a site analysis and on the study of the morbidity and mortality conditions of the population in the municipalities served by the hospital. This analysis helps identify the main healthcare needs and guides the definition of the architectural programs that will be strengthened within the project.