Tocumen International Airport made available to its users the new Medical Emergency Clinic (CUM), to provide assistance to passengers who enter, leave or are in connection through Panama and present some health condition.

This clinic, which will be located in the connecting building between terminals 1 and 2 of the airport, meets the requirements in accordance with international health regulations, with suitable personnel and medical equipment, to provide care to the passenger who requires it.

This space is composed of two specialized offices, equipped with state-of-the-art technology; to offer medical care, ranging from basic services to high-risk conditions, in addition, it has a breastfeeding area, pre-care, recovery room and waiting area, also a section for the storage of supplies and medicines.

The CUM has the support of public hospitals of the highest complexity in the country, to which patients who need it will be referred, after evaluation of the appropriate personnel.

The Santo Tomás Hospital and the Irma de Lourdes Tzanetatos Hospital, are the basic higher-level medical centers, which give a coordinated response to Tocumen Airport, to emergencies that compromise the patient’s life.