Sistema de Salud Menonita

Founded in 1944, Sistema de Salud Menonita is a faith-based organisation based in Aibonito, Puerto Rico working on health, mental health.

Sistema de Salud Menonita is a Mennonite faith-based health system in Puerto Rico. It traces its origins to a small dispensary founded in 1944 in the La Plata neighbourhood of Aibonito by Mennonite missionaries to serve a community facing extreme poverty and serious health problems. The system now operates hospitals and outpatient centres across the island, including facilities in Aibonito, Cayey, Caguas, Guayama, Humacao, Ponce, Aguas Buenas and Cidra. Services include general and specialist hospital care, emergency departments, orthopaedics and joint replacement, cardiovascular and bariatric surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, imaging, rehabilitation, wound care, home health services and community pharmacies. The system also runs outpatient and inpatient mental health services through its affiliated CIMA hospital, which is described as a private non-profit facility. Its stated aim is to provide health care to communities across Puerto Rico in the spirit of Christian service.