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PANAMA CANAL TREATY
TRANSITION.... 1979-1999
Summary of Treaty
Transition Milestones
Military Property
Transfers to Panama
Treaty Impact on Military
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MILITARY
PROPERTY TRANSFERS (1979-1999) (continued)
| DATE |
PROPERTY
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REMARKS |
| 1997/
Nov 14 |
Gorgas
Army Community Hospital (Pacific
side--on one side of Ancon Hill)
 | 43 acres with 11 large
buildings used for medical and administrative purposes and two
small buildings (boiler plant and emergency generator).
| Present hospital complex dates
back to late-1910s; its history dates back to the French canal
construction era of 1880s. Construction of the newer 8-floor
main building (254) in 1961; it was opened in 1965.
Earthquake-resistant pylons added to the structure in 1977.
| Adjusted book value:
$76,700,000. |
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Gorgas Hospital,
the newer (1960s) part of the Gorgas Hospital complex on the
side of Ancon Hill. [Photo
by Senor Jim; courtesy of Canal Zone Brats Web site; used
with permission]
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Gorgas
Hospital complex on the side of Ancon
Hill. [SouthCom SCTI
pamphlet on DOD property transfers to Panama, dated 1994]
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USE BY PANAMA:
| After original plans for
Gorgas Hospital to become a regional teaching hospital under
a consortium of U.S. firms, the hospital remained vacant for
some time. The Panamanian Social Security Hospital in Panama
City had used
the operating rooms in Gorgas Hospital on a temporary basis
in early 1999 because of problems in the operating rooms at
its hospital.
| In mid-1999 part of the
hospital (in first photo above) was transferred by the
Panamanian government to the Panamanian National Cancer
Institute which was relocated to Gorgas from Panama City. |
| The Panamanian Ministry of
Health occupies several of the older buildings (see triangle
area of buildings in second photo above). |
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