PROPUESTA ARQUITECTÓNICA DE UN ANEXO DE HOSPITAl ONCO -PEDIÁTRICO DEL ECUADOR (H.O.P.E.) EN S.O.L.C.A. GUAYAQUIL

Abstract

The first private hospital for cancer treatment in Ecuador was built in 1951 by the Society for the Fight against Cancer, SOLCA, in the city of Guayaquil, a society founded by Dr. Juan Tanca Marengo. After several years the hospital was transferred to the field where is currently found. The Hospital Institution is a center for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of cancer that provides medical assistance to people with different pathologies of all ages and social conditions. Due to the increase of this disease, the current Oncological Unit presents one of the biggest problems, overcrowding, so; focused on that reality, an adjacent block was designed with connection to the main building that is exclusive for children from 0 to 16 years old, that is, a Pediatric Unit with capacity for 72 beds, being twice the current capacity for children. The proposal of the Hospital Onco-pediátrico del Ecuador, H.O.P.E., offers accessibility to patients in different areas in a pleasant and functional environment with playful spaces that allow their integral development with the active participation of their family, which plays a very important role within his recovery therapy. The methodology applied is based on the collection of information obtained through research, interviews and surveys of personnel in general; and, to patients within SOLCA, in addition to the analysis of analogous models presented.