Hospital Cl�nica B�blica is the largest and most complete private hospital in Costa Rica. Founded in 1929, the mission of the hospital is focused on the vision of the health of each of its customers. With their best interest in mind, Hospital Cl�nica B�blica is in constant growth, seeking to improve the quality of its services and infrastructure.
The Latin American Mission started a project in Costa Rica in 1921. Several missionaries from different countries came to this country with the goal of helping the neediest. Mr. Henry Strachan, a Scottish national, and his Irish wife, Susan Strachan, joined this noble cause, after serving for 17 years in Argentina as evangelical missionaries.
Upon their arrival to Costa Rica, they were particularly moved and extremely concerned by the deplorable condition of the local healthcare system. Their main concern was pediatric healthcare, after discovering that out of one thousand infants born in one year, three hundred and fifty-five were going to die, 50% before reaching five years of age. Malnutrition and abandonment were the main problems that besieged infants at that time, and there was only one hospital, Hospital San Juan de Dios, which could provide care for only a portion of the ailing population. With regard to health in general, the average life expectancy was just forty years old, and common diseases included tuberculosis and malaria.
