Hospital Nanegalito Quito, Ecuador Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, is located at an elevation of 9,600 feet in the Andean Highlands. The Andean city is located in a valley at the foot of an active volcano, the Pichincha.
Climate/Weather
On account of Ecuador's varied regions and because of its location directly atop the equator, it is an excellent travel destination year-round. Rather than rotating through four seasons, most of Ecuador experiences oscillating wet and dry periods. The Andean Highlands though on the equator, are generally cooler than most people would expect. The climate in the Andes varies according to the altitude and the time of the year. In Quito the temperature ranges from 7 degrees C (55 F) at night, to 26 C (78 F) at noon, averaging 15 C (64 F). The highlands' dry season is June to August and the warmer, rainy season is from January to April.
Mailing addressHospital Nanegalito, Provincia Pichincha, Canton Quito, Ecuador
Program descriptionSite size
The Nanegalito Hospital has 20 patient beds of which 60% are regularly occupied. The site sees an average of 70 outpatients per day.
Services offered at the site
- Antenatal clinic
- Labor/delivery
- Church evangelism
- Outpatient clinic
- Clinical laboratory
- Pediatrics
- Community development
- Public health education
- Dentistry
- Records administration
- Family planning
- Staff training
- Infectious disease
- Surgery
Program details
Program costLanguages
Spanish is the officials language spoken in Ecuador. Some indigenous populations also speak Quechua. In the major cities, English is spoken in hotels and tourism related businesses.
Accommodations/Church
Students will be lodged in a hospital room. Church is held at a woman's home with a small group of local people.
Transportation to site
Participants are responsible for arranging their own air travel to the Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito, Ecuador. SIMS will help the student arrange transportation to the site. The site is located 50 miles from the airport. Travel time is estimated at 1 hour and 30 minutes by bus.
Eligibility
This site recruits students and professionals in the following health professions: medicine, dentistry, nursing, international public health, health promotion, laboratory technology, and other health-related fields. Participants traveling to this site must be fluent in Spanish.
Program dates
SIMS arranges regular summer trips to this site.
Application fee
The application fee for all SIMS-coordinated trips is $50.00. Trips during all other times of the year must be arranged on an individual basis with SIMS and the site. Students and professionals wishing to participate in a summer project must submit an application by the last week of February, prior to the summer they wish to go. Participants wishing to travel at other time during the year must submit an application four months prior to their desired departure dates. All late applications will be subject to a fine of $25.00.
Fees Deadline Summer trips: $50.00 Last week of February Non summer trips: $50.00 Four months prior to desired departure date Late fee: $25.00 Program fee
Program fees include food, lodging, and transport from the arrival airport to the site. Program fees do not include air travel or personal travel while in the country. The following costs are based on a four-week stay and subject to change in conjunction with the site.
Housing /Food cost:
$70/month
Transport to site fee: $35 Estimated total cost: TBD
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Last Revised: Fri, Jun 02, 2006