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The Bureau of the Puerto Rico Medical Emergency Corps. [2] Spanish : Cuerpo de Emergencias Médicas de Puerto Rico ( CEMPR )), [ 3 ] also ( Negociado del Cuerpo de Emergencias Médicas ) [ 4 ] is an agency, assigned to the Puerto Rico Department of Public Safety , that responds to medical emergencies across the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico .
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Location of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeast Caribbean Sea. It is an archipelago that includes the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller ones such as Mona, Culebra, and Vieques. The capital and most populous city is San Juan.
The Triple-S Management Corporation (TSM) —commonly known as Triple-S, or SSS— is an insurance holding company based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which offers a wide range of insurance products and services in Puerto Rico through its wholly owned subsidiaries. Its headquarters are located at 1441 Franklin D. Roosevelt Ave., in the San Patricio ...
The pharmaceutical industry in Puerto Rico encompasses more than half of all manufacturing done in Puerto Rico.As the island's most prominent industry, pharmaceutics generates more than 18,000 jobs, pays more than US$3 billion in taxes, comprises about half of total exports, and has generated more than 25% of the island's GDP for the past four decades. [1]
Its purpose is to guarantee the constitutional right of all workers to be protected from health risks in the workplace. Through Act Number 83 of October 29, 1992, which amended Act Number 45, a board of directors was established and is appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico. [2]
Main entrance to the old Dr. Pila Clinic/Hospital (now an apartment building) looking northwest in Barrio Primero, Ponce.. The hospital was founded in 1925 in by Dr. Manuel de la Pila Iglesias, a Spaniard from Cádiz, Spain, who had been raised in Ponce.
Puerto Rico's indigent population has relied exclusively on the local government for their healthcare needs since the start of the island's commonwealth status. The government maintained several hospitals, emergency centers, and free clinics , including the Rio Piedras Medical Center ( Centro Médico in Spanish) which is considered the largest ...