INTERNATIONAL PATIENTS
At present, Dr. Pineda, in his great success in countries throughout the Americas and Europe, is really committed in offering and integral service to the foreign patients who wish to travel to get a surgical procedure done to live one of the most satisfactory experiences with the highest standards of quality and efficiency. Dr. Pineda has set surgical packages to these patients, according to their needs raging from the surgery itself, to lodging and tourism advice.
All Dr. Mauricio Pineda’s patients are operated in recognized, certified and equipped Clinics with the best technology. Furthermore, Dr. Pineda’s surgical team has a wide reputation, expertise and experience to seek the success of the different procedures performed.
Depending on every patient’s needs, the packages may include a hospital stay in comfortable rooms with the best technical and human resources teams for a suitable recovery of patients.
To provide a more enjoyable, and at the same time, more efficient experience, patients have the option of staying in luxury apartments at reasonable prices that will give them a more private and pleasant stay during his recovery time.
All apartments are equipped with kitchen, laundry, international television, internet and food service. What’s more, patients have the option to stay with their companions.
An adequate patients’ postoperative management reduces the risks of postoperative complications, and accelerates and optimizes the recovery process. Postoperative treatments are the perfect complement to achieve the greatest possible satisfaction.
Therefore we counted on the support of centers of esthetic and SPAS that have excellent facilities with an atmosphere of tranquility and pleasure, which are offered the most modern post-operative treatments.
Colombia is a nation of great natural resources to know. Each city offers its visitors an endless number of places that haunt and surprise visitors. Patients can take advantage of their trip to relax, as well as to know the history, culture and traditions of the fertile lands that are home of warm and friendly Colombian people.
Our patients will have the opportunity to take a guided city tour to learn more about the destination city they choose and can also enjoy a variety of tourism plans.
Manizales can be reached by air through La Nubia Airport, or land routes that connect with the cities of Bogotá, Medellín, Cali and Pereira mainly. Currently, it is under construction the new International Coffee Airport located 20 minutes away from the city.
The city is part of the "Triangle of Coffee" which is made by the departments of Caldas, Quindío and Risaralda, name given because in this region of Colombia grows the best coffee in the world.
The Santillana Clinic is located in this beautiful city (Manizales) where Dr. Mauricio Pineda performs the surgical procedures.
This clinic has four operating rooms, area of hospitalization, emergency room and other services necessary to achieve the best results with minimum risks.
Patients will enjoy their stay in the city in apartments located in the area of Palermo. These apartments have internet service, international television, laundry, among others, and are also near the clinic, doctor’s office, shopping centers and the most distinguished zone of the city called Zona Rosa (Nightlife district).
HAIA esthetic center is where patients will attend their postoperative therapies. This center counts on all the equipment and human resources to facilitate their recovery in an atmosphere of tranquility and pleasure.
The city has a variety of places to visit that offer a unique experience to its visitors. Some of them are Nevado del Ruiz (Ruiz Snow-Capped Mountain), Hot Springs and Yarumos EcoPark.
In this tour, through the beautiful streets of The City of the Open Doors, visitors can know the most representative places of the city as the Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora Del Rosario (Basilica Cathedral), the Archbishop's Palace, the Government Palace and the Sanz Building.
Besides, they will have the opportunity to contemplate the beautiful panoramic view at the lookout Tower to Heaven, where people can admire some municipalities of the department, Manizales city and the Nevado del Ruiz (Ruiz Snow-Capped Mountain).
In this tour, visitors can also see and visit the Bullring, the Avenida Santander (Santander Avenue), Herveo Tower, Aerial Cable and the Recinto del Pensamiento.
In this tour, visitors have the opportunity to meet and interact with the coffee culture knowing the most high-tech practices of the country's coffee production, architecture, biodiversity, topography, food and what’s been called the Coffee Cultural Landscape, which has become in the mankind’s cultural heritage.
Visitors will also know in advance coffee-related processes such as coffee growing, harvesting and drying of grain, before tasting a delicious cup of the best coffee of the world.
It is located 53 Kilometers away from Manizales city with an altitude of 5,400 meters above sea level.
Ruiz Snow-Capped Mountain makes part of the National Park of Los Nevados, which includes Risaralda, Caldas, Quindío and Tolima departments.
Going from Manizales to the Ruiz Snow-Capped Mountain a beautiful panorama of jungle area can be seen, surrounded by primary and native vegetation of our country as the Wax Palm, great Canadian pine trees, potato fields and crops that are very characteristic of this climate.
Visitors will have the chance to appreciate the snow of the top, moist soils, gray sand, great reddish rocks and some streams that make part of the beautiful landscape. In addition, they will be able to enjoy fantastic hot springs recognized by their medicinal properties.